Special Thanks
I particularly want to thank professors Grant McQueen, Steve Thorley, Bernell Stone, Scott Sampson, Brent Wilson, Barrett Slade, Andy Holmes, Craig Merrill, Jim Engebretsen, Bruce Burgon, Skip Koller, Mike Pinegar, Steve Nadauld, Dean Longmore, Hal Heaton, Phil Bryson, Jim Brau, Bob Crawford, Keith Vorkink, Brian Spilker and Joan Young of the Marriott School of Management; Madison Sowell, BYU Honors Program Director; Craig Israelsen of the School of Family Life; Todd Martin and Marilyn Miner of BYU Financial Aid; Susan Eliason, Michael C. Johnson, Dave Egbert, Lynne Allred, David Hellewell, Andrea Velasquez, David Eves and Blake Herzinger of Center for Teaching and Learning; Michael Orme and Steve Sanders of the BYU Legal department; Dann Battistone of the BYU Athletic Department; and Melvin Thorne and Taylor Rouanzion of the BYU Faculty Editing Service for their help and guidance with this Web site.
I also appreciate the thoughtful comments of Stan Benfel of Beneficial Life, Claralyn Hill Attorney at Law, Rick Hutchins of Novogradac, Fred Hockenjos of BJ Associates, Jason Payne of Payne Financial Management, Creed Archibald and Phil Sudweeks of Farmer’s Insurance, Dan Wilson of the LDS Church, and David Clark of Intermountain Healthcare.
I am thankful for all the hard work and suggestions from my many teaching assistants and students who have helped on this project, including Dallin Anderson, Steve Ashton, Josh Ashworth, John Beck, Will Beck, Mark Bohne, Dan Brown, Craig Bench, Jamon Clark, Derek Collette, Mark Cope, Nick Greer, Armando Gutierrez, Brian Harris, Sam Hawkins, Matt Herbert, Greg and Heather Hirschi, Solomon Lee, Nathan Mickelson, James Pierce, Monte Schaffer, Preston Taylor, and Jeff Willson.
Finally, special thanks goes to my wonderful wife Anne and children (and spouses): Kimberly (and Lane Aldrich), Natalie (and Taylor Barrett), Laura, Clinton, Emilee, Ashley and Kaili for all their love and support. They have been wonderful to put up with a dad who asks too many questions and makes too many comments on the area of personal finance. Without them and their love and support, this project would not have been possible.
