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 Elder Boyd K. Packer Acting President |
Set apart as acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve on June 5, 1994, and again March 12, 1995. Sustained an Assistant to the Twelve Sept. 30, 1961; sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve April 6, 1970, and ordained an apostle April 9, 1970, at age 45. Former supervisor of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion. Former president of the New England Mission. Received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Utah State University, and Ph.D. in educational administration from BYU. Pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Born Sept. 10, 1924, in Brigham City, Utah, a son of Ira Wright and Emma Jensen Packer. Wife, Donna Smith Packer, parents of 10 children. |
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 Elder L. Tom Perry |
Sustained as Assistant to the Twelve Oct. 6, 1972; sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve on April 6, 1974, and ordained an apostle April 11, 1974, at age 51. Served in the Marines in the Pacific during World War II. Graduated from Utah State University with a B.S. degree in finance; was vice president and treasurer of department store chain in Boston, Mass. Born Aug. 5, 1922, in Logan, Utah, to L. Tom and Nora Sonne Perry. Married Virginia Lee, parents of three children. She died in 1974. Married Barbara Dayton in 1976. |
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 Elder Russell M. Nelson |
Sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve April 7, 1984, and ordained an apostle April 12, 1984, at age 59. Former Sunday School general president, regional representative and stake president. Renowned surgeon and medical researcher. Received B.A. and M.D. degrees from University of Utah, and Ph.D. from University of Minnesota. Former president of the Society for Vascular Surgery and former chairman of the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery for the American Heart Association. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sept. 9, 1924, a son of Marion C. and Edna Anderson Nelson. Wife, Dantzel White Nelson, parents of 10 children. |
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 Elder Dallin H. Oaks |
Sustained to Quorum of the Twelve April 7, 1984, and ordained apostle on May 3, 1984, at age 51. Graduate of BYU in accounting; received juris doctorate cum laude from University of Chicago; was law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, practiced law in Chicago, and was professor of law at University of Chicago for 10 years, and was executive director of the American Bar Foundation for a year. Served nine years as president of BYU, and three years as Utah Supreme Court justice. Born Aug. 12, 1932, in Provo, Utah, a son of Dr. Lloyd E. and Stella Harris Oaks. Wife, June Dixon Oaks, parents of six children. |
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 Elder M. Russell Ballard |
Sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy April 3, 1976, and to the presidency of the quorum Feb. 21, 1980. Sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Oct. 6, 1985, and ordained an apostle Oct. 10, 1985, at age 57. Attended the University of Utah; previously engaged in various business enterprises, including automotive, real estate and investments. Was president of the Canada Toronto Mission; also served as counselor in a mission presidency. The grandson of Apostles Melvin J. Ballard and Hyrum Mack Smith, he was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Oct. 8, 1928, to Melvin Russell Sr. and Geraldine Smith Ballard. Wife, Barbara Bowen Ballard, parents of seven children. |
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 Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin |
Sustained as an Assistant to the Twelve April 4, 1975, to the First Quorum of the Seventy on Oct. 1, 1976, and to the presidency of the quorum on Aug. 28, 1986; sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Oct. 4, 1986, and ordained an apostle Oct. 9, 1986, at age 69. Served in the Sunday School general presidency, former stake president's counselor. Graduate of University of Utah in business management; former president of trade association in Utah. Born June 11, 1917, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Joseph L. and Madeline Bitner Wirthlin. Wife, Elisa Young Rogers Wirthlin, parents of eight children. |
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 Elder Richard G. Scott |
Sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy April 2, 1977, and to the presidency of the quorum on Oct. 1, 1983; sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve on Oct. 1, 1988, and ordained an apostle Oct. 6, 1988, at age 59. Received B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from George Washington University, and completed post-graduate work in nuclear engineering at Oakridge, Tenn. Worked 12 years on the staff of Adm. Hyman Rickover, developing military and private nuclear power reactors; subsequently consultant to nuclear power industry. Born Nov. 7, 1928, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Kenneth Leroy and Mary Eliza Whittle Scott. Wife, Jeanene Watkins Scott, parents of seven children, five of whom are living. |
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 Elder Robert D. Hales |
Sustained an Assistant to the Twelve April 4, 1975,
and to the First Quorum of the Seventy Oct. 1, 1976;
sustained as Presiding Bishop April 6, 1985; sustained to
the Quorum of the Twelve April 2, 1994, and ordained an
apostle April 7, 1994, at age 61. Former first counselor
in the Sunday School general presidency, president of the
England London Mission, regional representative, and
served in various leadership positions, including stake
president's counselor in the United States, England,
Germany and Spain. Earned bachelor's degree from the
University of Utah, and master of business administration
degree from Harvard; served in the U.S. Air Force as a jet fighter pilot; was an executive with four major national companies. Born Aug. 24, 1932, in New York City, N.Y., to John Rulon and Vera Marie Holbrook Hales. Wife, Mary Elene Crandall Hales, parents of two sons. |
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 Elder Jeffrey R. Holland |
Sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 1, 1989, while serving as president of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah; ordained an apostle June 23, 1994, at age 53; sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Oct. 1, 1994. Former Church commissioner of education and director or instructor at many institutes of religion. Received bachelor's degree in English and master's degree in religious education from Brigham Young University, and received master's degree and doctorate in American studies from Yale University. Born Dec. 3, 1940, in St. George, Utah, a son of Frank D. and Alice Bentley Holland. Wife, Patricia Terry Holland, parents of three children. |
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 Elder Henry B. Eyring |
Sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve April 1, 1995, and ordained an apostle April 6, 1995, at age 61. Commissioner of Education for the Church Educational System. Sustained as first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric April 6, 1985, at age 51; sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy Oct. 3, 1992. Former regional representative, member of the Sunday School General Board and bishop. Received bachelor's degree from University of Utah, and master's degree and doctorate from Harvard University. Former Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Education for Church Educational System, and former president of Ricks College, 1971-77. Born May 31, 1933, in Princeton, N.J., to Henry and Mildred Bennion Eyring. Wife, Kathleen Johnson Eyring, parents of six children. |
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| * President Boyd K. Packer - (ordained Apostle 1970) Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve since 1994 Previous Members: David B. Haight |
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