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Henry Bennion Eyring (b. May 31 1933) is an American educational administrator and religious leader currently serving as the Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Eyring has also served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the presiding bishopric, First Quorum of the Seventy, and as Commissioner of Church Education of the LDS Church.

Biography

Eyring was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the second child of Henry Eyring, the dean of the graduate school at the University of Utah and president of the American Chemical Society, and his wife Mildred Bennion.

Eyring lived in Princeton until his early teenage years when his father took a post at the University of Utah and the family moved to Salt Lake City.

He spent two years in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eyring received his B.S. in physics from the University of Utah. He went on to earn a Masters and Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School before embarking on a career in academia.

Eyring has served twice as Commissioner of Church Education, first from September 1980 to April 1985 and most recently from September 1992 to January 2005, when he was replaced by W. Rolfe Kerr.[1] Eyring was an associate professor of business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 1962 to 1971.[2] He was also a Sloan Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Eyring served as president of Ricks College from 1971 to 1977, as a counselor to Presiding Bishop Robert D. Hales from 1985 to 1992, and as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy between 1992 and 1995.

Following the death of Church President Howard W. Hunter, Eyring was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the church on April 1, 1995 and ordained an apostle later that same week.

Eyring was sustained as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of the church on October 6, 2007,[3] filling the vacancy left by the death of President James E. Faust on August 10, 2007.

Published works

  • Eyring, Henry B. (2004). To Draw Closer to God: A Collection of Discourses. Deseret Book Company. ISBN 1-59038-322-2.
  • --- (2003). Go Forth to Serve. Deseret Book Company. ISBN 1-57008-946-9. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
  • --- (2002). Because He First Loved Us. Deseret Book Company. ISBN 1-57008-924-8. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
  • --- (1995). On becoming a disciple-scholar: Lectures presented at the Brigham Young University Honors Program (Discipline and discipleship lecture series). Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57008-198-0. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.lds.org/newsroom/showrelease/0,15503,4028-1-20802,00.html
  2. ^ Houston Chronicle Article
  3. ^ "Church President Names New Leaders." LDS Newsroom. October 6, 2007.
Preceded by Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 1, 1995 – October 6, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Ricks College
1971 – 1977 		Succeeded by
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