succeeded by Bill Bennett and returned to Salt Lake City to join the faculty at the University of Utah. In 1988, he published his memoir entitled The Thirteenth Man: A Reagan Cabinet Memoir. Bell published seven other books during his career, covering topics such as improving child intellectual development and reforming the educational process. His last book in 1993, written with his business partner Dr. Donna Elmquist at his nonprofit company T.H. Bell and Associates in Salt Lake City, made new recommendations for improving the U.S. education system. He believed that, "there are three things to emphasize in teaching: The first is motivation, the second is motivation, and the third is (you guessed it) motivation." Bell was inducted into Idaho's Hall of Fame in 1987. Personal Bell married Betty Ruth Fitzgerald in 1957, and they had four sons: Mark F., Warren T., Glenn M., and Peter F. Bell. Death Bell died in his sleep at age 74 of pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Salt Lake City he is interred in Larkin Sunset Gardens in Sandy, Utah. Terrel H. Bell Award The Department of Education gives an award named after Bell to recognize "outstanding school leaders and the vital role they play in overcoming challenging circumstances." On November 3, 2009, the award was given to eight U.S. public school principals. Concurrent with the award, the department issued a press release which stated, "The late Secretary Terrel H. Bell held education as his highest priority, trusting that all students would find it their personal key to success as he had." See also References The World Almanac 1997, Obituaries, p. 74. External links Nomination as Secretary of Education University of Utah – Terrel Bell |- 1921 births 1996 deaths Latter Day Saints from Idaho United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II Respiratory disease deaths in Utah Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis People from Bannock County, Idaho Reagan administration cabinet members 20th-century American politicians United States Marines United States Secretaries of Education University of Idaho alumni University of Utah alumni University of Utah faculty Latter Day Saints from Utah