Berrett and his wife Eleanor had four children. For the last two decades or so of his life, Berrett served as a patriarch in the LDS Church. In his book titled 'The Church and the Negroid People', pages 16–17, he expresses his opinions on African-Americans that may sound offensive to a 21st-century reader. References Wilkinson, Ernest L., ed., Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years. (Provo: BYU Press, 1975) p. 470-472. Deseret News, Dec. 2, 1993, obituary. External links William E. Berrett papers, MSS 1955 at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University 1902 births People from Midvale, Utah American Latter Day Saint writers Church Educational System instructors University of Utah alumni Brigham Young University alumni Brigham Young University faculty Patriarchs (LDS Church) 1993 deaths Sunday School (LDS Church) people American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 20th-century American writers Latter Day Saints from Utah