I’m a Mormon Apostle

The Church PR department’s “I’m a Mormon” campaign, which highlighted the diversity of Church membership, generated a lot of buzz. Inside information has it that the PR department is now working on a similar campaign that turns the spotlight on members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve. Here are their profiles.

My name is Thomas. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I got a business degree at the University of Utah and an MBA at BYU. I served in the US Naval Reserve. In my career, I was a business professor and a newspaper executive. I am a widower. My deceased wife and I are the parents of three children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

My name is Russell. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I got both BA and MD degrees at the University of Utah and trained to be a surgeon and got a PhD at the University of Minnesota. I served in the US Army. In my career, I was a surgeon. I am married. My first wife (now deceased) and I are the parents of ten children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

 

My name is Dallin. I was born in Provo, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I got an accounting degree at BYU and a law degree at the University of Chicago. I served in the Utah National Guard. In my career, I was a lawyer, a judge, a law professor, and an educational administrator. I am married. My first wife (now deceased) and I are the parents of six children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

My name is Russell. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I went to school at the University of Utah. I served in the US Army Reserve. In my career, I was a salesman and a business executive. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of seven children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

My name is Robert. I was born in New York City. I was raised in New York. I got a bachelor’s degree at the University of Utah and an MBA at Harvard. I served in the US Air Force. In my career, I was a business executive. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of two children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

 

My name is Jeffrey. I was born in St. George, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I started school at Dixie College, then got a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in religious education at BYU, and later another master’s degree and a PhD in American Studies at Yale.  In my career, I was a teacher and an educational administrator. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of three children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

My name is Henry. I was born in Princeton, New Jersey. I was raised in New Jersey and in Utah. I got a bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Utah an MBA and a PhD in business at Harvard. I served in the US Air Force. In my career, I was a business professor and an educational administrator. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of six children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

My name is Dieter. I was born in what is now Ostrava in the Czech Republic. I was raised in Germany. I got an MBA at what is now called the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. I served in the West German Air Force. In my career, I was a pilot and an airline executive. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of two children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

 

My name is David. I was born in Oakland, California. I was raised in California. I got both a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in organizational communication at BYU and then a PhD in organizational behavior at Purdue. In my career, I was a business professor and an educational administrator. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of three children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

My name is Quentin. I was born in Logan, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I got a bachelor’s degree in political science at Utah State and a law degree at Stanford. In my career, I was a lawyer and a business executive. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of three children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

 

My name is Todd. I was born in American Fork, Utah. I was raised in Utah and in New Jersey. I got a bachelor’s degree at BYU and a law degree at Duke. In my career, I was a lawyer. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of five children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

My name is Neil. I was born in Logan, Utah. I was raised in Idaho. I got a bachelor’s degree in economics at BYU and an MBA at Harvard. I am the father of four children. In my career, I was a business executive. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

 

 

My name is Ronald. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I went to school at the University of Utah. In my career, I was a salesman and a business executive. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of five children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

My name is Gary. I was born in Ogden, Utah. I was raised in Utah. I got a bachelor’s degree in business at Utah State University. In my career, I was a business executive. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of four children. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

 

 

My name is Dale. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was raised in Utah and in Sweden. I got both a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and an MD at the University of Utah. I later studied internal medicine and cardiology at Johns Hopkins. In my career, I was a cardiologist and a professor of medicine. I am married, and my wife and I are the parents of one child. And I’m a Mormon apostle.

 

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Information is taken from from each man’s Wikipedia page and from “Meet Today’s Prophets and Apostles” at lds.org.