Dr. Willard Cleon Skousen was born on January 20, 1913 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada to Margarita and Royal Pratt Skousen. His grandparents are Willard Richard Skousen and Sophronia Smith Skousen. His great-grandparents are James Niels Skousen and Sidsel Pedersen. James Niels Skousen is Eliza Skousen Brown's father.

Cleon in 1913 with parents, Margarita and Royal Pratt Skousen

Cleon was raised with the teachings of the Mormon faith. living in Canada, the Mexican Mormon colonies, California, and Utah. He served a mission to Great Britain for two-years when he was a teenager of 17 to 19 years. He was elected the Studentbody president of San Bernardino California Junior College.

When Cleon was 21 he worked as a government aid in Washington, D.C., and in 1935 became an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a position he held for sixteen years until 1951. He then accepted an invitation to join the faculty at Brigham Young University.

In 1936 Cleon returned to San Bernardino to marry Jewel Pitcher. They raised eight children and are grandparents to fifty grandchildren and more than fifty great-grandchildren.

In 1956 Dr. Skousen was asked to serve as Chief of Police for Salt Lake City. During his four year term he also served as the editor of the national police magazine "Law and Order".

In 1960 Dr. Skousen began speaking tours around the country basing his talks on his book "The Naked Communist". In 1967 he returned to Brigham Young University to teach Book of Mormon, Old Testament, and Latter-day Saint History classes.

In 1972, Cleon organized a non-profit educational foundation, "The Freemen Institute" a study seminar of America's early government documents and our founding fathers, that circulated to various cities. A diploma was issued to graduates of the week-long seminar. The text "The Making of America" was used throughout the U.S. to educate high school students on early American history.

Works by W. Cleon Skousen

The Naked Communist 1961
The First 2,000 Years 1953
The Third Thousand Years 1964
The Fourth Thousand Years: From David to Christ 1966
Fantastic Victory 1967
World in Our Time 1970
The Naked Capitalist: A Review and Commentary on Dr. Carroll Quigley's book: A Tragedy and Hope - the History of the World in Our Time 1971
Notes for the New Chief: A Police Chief's Manual from Law and Order Magazine 1972
Treasures from the Book of Mormon - Four Volumes 1971-1974 Student Manuals and Audio Commentary
So You Want to Raise a Boy? 1976
Brigham Young University: A School of Destiny with Ernest L. Wilinson 1976
The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution
The Miracle of America 1976
Easter Story 1980
The Real Story of Christmas 1980
Prophecy and Modern Times 1980
A Personal Search for "The Meaning of the Atonement" 1980 - also on DVD
The Five Thousand Year Leap: Twenty-Eight Great Ideas That Are Changing the World 1981
The Real Benjamin Franklin with Andrew M. Allison, M. Richard Maxfield, and Benjamin Franklin 1982
The Real Benjamin Franklin: The True Story of America's Greatest Diplomat, Vol. 2 with Andrew M. Allison, W. Cleon Skousen, M. Richard Maxfield 1983
The Real Thomas Jefferson with Andrew M. Allison, M. Richard Maxfield, K. Delynn Cook 1983
Isaiah Speaks to Modern Times 1984
U S I Q Game with Jay A. Parry 1986
Visit Israel with W. Cleon Skousen by Living Scriptures - Set of 6 videos
Gospel Diamond Dust 1997
BYU Lectures on the Old Testament - 23 Compact Discs
Complete Works of W. Cleon Skousen on CD-Rom
Favorite Speeches - 3 Volumes on cassette
Challenge of our Times
The Majesty of God's Law
A Personal Search for the Meaning of the Atonement
Early Church History and the Doctrine & Covenants - Audio Commentary
Days of the Living Christ Volume 1
Days of the Living Christ Volume 2
Brother Joseph: Seer of a new Dispensation Vol. 1 with Richard Skousen 2004

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