William E. Berrett

William Edwin "Ed" Berrett (June 2, 1902 – November 30, 1993) was a Vice President of Brigham Young University (BYU) and a Latter-day Saint author.

Berrett was raised in southern Salt Lake County in what is today Cottonwood Heights, Utah.

By 1936, Berrett began writing text books to be used in the LDS schools and was an editor for the Church Educational System's curriculum development.

Berrett was appointed head of Seminaries, Institutes and all Church-run colleges and schools (other than BYU).

In his book titled 'The Church and the Negroid People', pages 16–17,[1] he expresses his opinions on African-Americans that may sound offensive to a 21st-century reader.