Jesse Eldred Stay (1921-2008) was an American colonel in World War II, a BYU Motion Picture Studios Film Producer and the founder of BYU ROTC.
Stay produced many of the LDS Church's most well-known early films such as "The Mailbox", "The Gift" (a movie adaptation of short story Christmas Day in the Morning ), "The First Vision" (1976), and "Cipher in the Snow". He spent 27 years as a pilot in the US Air Force. He graduated with degrees from UCLA and George Washington University. Stay's Air Force honors include two Distinguished Flying Crosses, one Legion of Merit, eight Air Medals, and the Air Force Commendation Medal. He was awarded a BYU Honorary Alumni Award at BYU Homecoming 2002.
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