proposed to the board that the academy be named "Brigham Young University". At first there was a large amount of opposition to this. Many members of the board thought that the school wasn't large enough to be a university. However, the decision ultimately passed. One opponent to the decision, Anthon H. Lund, later said, "I hope their head will grow big enough for their hat." Today, the Cluff Building on BYU's Provo campus is named for him. Later life After resigning in 1903, Cluff moved to Mexico to establish a rubber plantation and once again had trouble in Mexico. At one point he was held by bandits for 2 weeks and during his absence his family was robbed. He worked with mahogany and shipped some lumber to California which caused him to decide to move his family to California, where he opened a grocery store and gas station. He died on June 14, 1948, at the age of 90. Family life Cluff was husband to three wives and fathered 25 children. References Notes External links Benjamin Cluff Jr.'s diary from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Benjamin Cluff diaries, MSS 1667 from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University [from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Digitized Benjamin Cluff diary, MSS 3076 from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University 1858 births 1948 deaths Presidents of Brigham Young University American Mormon missionaries in the United States Brigham Young Academy alumni Brigham Young Academy faculty Mormon missionaries in Hawaii University of Michigan alumni People of Utah Territory American expatriates in Mexico American expatriates in the Hawaiian Kingdom Latter Day Saints from Utah Latter Day Saints from Michigan People from Provo, Utah People from Coalville, Utah Harold B. Lee Library-related University Archives articles