Andrew B. Christenson (1869-1931) was the president of what is today Brigham Young University–Idaho from 1914-1917.
Christenson was born in Manti, Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young Academy. In 1896 he married Sarah Jane Barholowmew (1875-1966) in the Manti Temple. Christenson was then a teacher and principal in Kanab, Utah. He then studied at the University of Michigan where he received a BA in Literature in 1901.
Christenson served as principal of LDS High School, the predecessor of LDS Business College and was on the faculty of Brigham Young University before coming to Ricks College. During his term as president of Ricks the school first offered college level courses.
Like all presidents of Ricks/BYU-Idaho, Christenson was a Latter-day Saint.
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