It is rumored that Arnold Friberg is the man behind the design of the CTR ring. Not true. The supposed artist behind that is Joel Izatt under the direction of Coy Miles.

Many artists claim to have designed the original CTR ring which is popular among LDS church members, but the most common belief is that Miles was the leader in directing the design. Miles never registered the ring design with the federal copyright office. And, in fact, the LDS church owns the copyright for the design.

Today, the symbol created for children adorns LDS community fingers across the globe. The CTR logo has been translated into Spanish (”Haz Lo Justo”) and dozens of other languages, including Romanian, Samoan and Hilgaynon. What was once an inexpensive, simple artistic token has now morphed into hundreds of styles available for prices from less than $1 to well over $200.

In 2005, LDS Church distribution services, internationally, distributed 522,455 new CTR rings in 24 languages. And that number doesn’t reflect the sales in stores such as Deseret Book nor the orders generated among licensed jewelry wholesalers.

Now there is still a slight connection between Friberg and the CTR. See Miles is the one that personally commissioned Friberg to commemorate the 100th anniversary of college football. Miles has said he would have to go sit with Friberg to make sure they were done on time.