Gerrit de Jong Jr. (28 March 1892, Amsterdam – 26 September 1978, Provo, Utah) was an American academic and the first dean of the College of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University (BYU).
[1] De Jong was skilled in music and wrote the words and music for the Latter-day Saint hymn, "Come Sing to the Lord," which is number 10 in the 1985 hymnal.
[2] Even though he was dean of the College of Fine Arts, de Jong spent most of his career teaching foreign languages.
[citation needed] The de Jong Concert Hall at BYU was named in his honor.
[3] De Jong converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from the Dutch Reformed (Protestant) tradition in his late teens.