197:(1992–93), then later as Lt. Governor (2001–02), Governor (2009–10) and Immediate Past Governor (2010–11) of the Utah-Idaho District of Kiwanis International. He served as General Counsel for the Brigham Young Academy Foundation (1995-02) and as Chairman of the Art Subcommittee of the Provo Library Construction Oversight Committee (1998–99). He also served the citizens of Provo, following his appointment by Provo Mayor Lewis Billings, as Co-Chairman of the Provo Sesquicentennial Committee (1998–99). He has served as a Trustee of the Crandall Historical Printing Museum since its founding (1998-date) and currently serves as board chairman (2013-). He puts on the annual historical printing display for the Utah Printer's Hall of Fame (2009-). He is the 2014 winner of the Utah State Historical Societies, Outstanding contribution award, Utah's highest award for individual contribution for the preservation of history.
181:(1977–82), served as a city councilman (1979–82) and as acting mayor (1982). Additionally, he has served in a number of other capacities, including as president of Deseret Village for the handicapped, in Spanish Fork (1988–90), president of the Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (1991–92), on the American Red Cross board (1988–94), as vice president of the Squaw Peak Chapter of the
220:. Ashworth is a recipient of the Patriot Medal (1992), the highest honor presented by the Utah Society, Sons of the American Revolution, the Provo Mayor's Award of Excellence (1999), for serving as the Co-Chairman of the Provo Sesquicentennial Celebration (1998–99), the George S. Hixon (2000), Reed Culp (2002) and Lifetime Service (2010) medals from Kiwanis International. He has received the
185:(1994–95), as president of the Emily Dickinson Society of Utah (1995–97), board member and chairman of the Provo Landmarks Commission (1997-date), board member and chairman of the Provo Library Board (2000–06), as Trustee of the Springville Museum of Art (1998-01), as a board member of the Celebration of Health Foundation (1998-2005) and as a both a board member and as president of the
216:(2002–05), and as a member of the Provo School District Foundation (1997-2005). As a member of the board of the Celebration of Health Foundation, Ashworth helped to raise funds to build facilities for parents and families to stay while their young children are in the Intensive Care Units (ICU's), at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, and the Orem Community Hospital in
257:. They have nine children: Amy Josephine (1973), John Dell (1975), Matthew Ferrin (1977), Samuel Mills (1978, deceased in 1985), Adam Parrish (1979), David Alden (1981), Emily Bette (1983), Luke Ranson (1986) and Benjamin Richard (1988). They also have thirteen grandchildren. In addition to other service in the LDS Church, Ashworth served on the Provo Oak Hills
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170:(2012 - current) and continues a part-time, private law practice in Provo. In 2006, he founded B. Ashworth's, Inc., a Provo-based business dealing in rare documents, books, art, collectibles and other curiosities. His firm deals primarily in rare U. S. History,
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