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Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Granted general authority <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> status</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">Emeritus</a> General Authority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 3, 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-10-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">John Max Madsen<br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1939-04-24</span>) </span>April 24, 1939<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 85)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #aaaaaa; text-align:left"><div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks noprint navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/16px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/24px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/31px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a>  <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/16px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/24px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/32px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Portal:Latter Day Saint movement">LDS movement portal</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Max Madsen</b> (born April 24, 1939) is a <a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">general authority</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church). He has been a general authority since 1992. </p><p>Madsen's father, <a href="/wiki/Louis_L._Madsen" title="Louis L. Madsen">Louis L. Madsen</a>, was an employee of the US Department of Agriculture, at the time of his birth. When he was six his family moved to <a href="/wiki/Logan,_Utah" title="Logan, Utah">Logan, Utah</a> where his father was a professor at and later president of <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_University" title="Utah State University">Utah State University</a>. Madsen was later raised in <a href="/wiki/Pullman,_Washington" title="Pullman, Washington">Pullman, Washington</a>. He served as a missionary in the North Central State Mission from 1959 to 1961. He earned his bachelor's degree at <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University">Washington State University</a>, majoring in zoology and minoring in chemistry. </p><p>Madsen had planned to go to dental school but instead became a <a href="/wiki/Seminary_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seminary (LDS Church)">seminary</a> teacher and spent much of his career with the <a href="/wiki/Church_Educational_System" title="Church Educational System">Church Educational System</a> (CES). In 1968, Madsen was sent to England as the first seminary teacher to work there.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a time, Madsen served as a CES coordinator in England.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as an <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Religion" title="Institute of Religion">institute</a> instructor and later as a religion professor at <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (BYU). Madsen got both his <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed.D." class="mw-redirect" title="Ed.D.">Ed.D.</a> from BYU. Madsen was later an LDS Church employee, serving in the <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek Priesthood</a> Department and other administrative roles. He was among the contributors to the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism" title="Encyclopedia of Mormonism">Encyclopedia of Mormonism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to his call as a general authority, Madsen served in the LDS Church as a <a href="/wiki/Regional_representative_of_the_Twelve" title="Regional representative of the Twelve">regional representative</a> and as <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">president</a> of the England Southwest Mission (1970 to 1973).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as a member of the Young Men General Board and as a stake mission president.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, Madsen became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Quorum of the Seventy">Second Quorum of the Seventy</a>. In 1997 he was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</a>. </p><p>As a general authority, Madsen's assignments included serving as president of the church's <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> North <a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">Area</a>, and in the presidency of the North America West, North America Northwest, Philippines, and Australia/New Zealand areas.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served in the general presidency of the church's <a href="/wiki/Young_Men_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Young Men organization">Young Men organization</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having also served as a member of the organization's general board earlier in his life.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Madsen was designated as an <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> general authority at the church's October 2009 <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">general conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_M._Madsen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Deseret News Publishing Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=LDS+Church+History+Symposium+presenter+tells+of+Global+Pioneers+in+Church+Education&rft.date=2014-03-15&rft.aulast=Toone&rft.aufirst=Trent&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2F2014%2F3%2F15%2F20537432%2Flds-church-history-symposium-presenter-tells-of-global-pioneers-in-church-education%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBradshaw1988" class="citation news cs1">Bradshaw, Anne C. 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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. p. 12.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+Era&rft.atitle=Taking+Root&rft.pages=12&rft.date=1988-10&rft.aulast=Bradshaw&rft.aufirst=Anne+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fnew-era%2F1988%2F10%2Ftaking-root&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Hope_of_Israel">"Hope of Israel"</a>. Brigham Young University<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 23,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hope+of+Israel&rft.pub=Brigham+Young+University&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Feom.byu.edu%2Findex.php%2FHope_of_Israel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20140619202202/http://svu.edu/speeches/education-conference/2012/john-madsen">Southern Virginia University bio of Madsen</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mission.net/england/bristol/cgi-bin/rmdb41.cgi?action=view_all_pres">"England Bristol Mission Alumni Database"</a>. Mission.net<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 23,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=England+Bristol+Mission+Alumni+Database&rft.pub=Mission.net&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mission.net%2Fengland%2Fbristol%2Fcgi-bin%2Frmdb41.cgi%3Faction%3Dview_all_pres&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span> Includes notice that Madsen's included bio was copyrighted in 1996 by "LDS Church News and Deseret News Publishing Co.", which are owned by the LDS Church.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1996/08/news-of-the-church/new-area-presidencies">"New Area Presidencies"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. August 1996. pp. 71–73.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=New+Area+Presidencies&rft.pages=71-73&rft.date=1996-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1996%2F08%2Fnews-of-the-church%2Fnew-area-presidencies&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2001/11/the-sustaining-of-church-officers">"The Sustaining of Church Officers"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>. 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November 2001. p. 21.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=The+Sustaining+of+Church+Officers&rft.pages=21&rft.date=2001-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F2001%2F11%2Fthe-sustaining-of-church-officers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAvant1992" class="citation news cs1">Avant, Gerry (August 22, 1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/1992-08-22/answered-inner-call-work-with-youth-4889">"Answered inner call: 'work with youth'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a></i>. Deseret News<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 8,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Church+News&rft.atitle=Answered+inner+call%3A+%27work+with+youth%27&rft.date=1992-08-22&rft.aulast=Avant&rft.aufirst=Gerry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechurchnews.com%2Farchive%2F1992-08-22%2Fanswered-inner-call-work-with-youth-4889&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScott_Taylor2009" class="citation news cs1">Scott Taylor (October 4, 2009). "LDS counseled to avoid anger: Pres. 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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. p. A-1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=LDS+counseled+to+avoid+anger%3A+Pres.+Monson+tells+priesthood+holders+to+keep+feelings+in+check&rft.pages=A-1&rft.date=2009-10-04&rft.au=Scott+Taylor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+M.+Madsen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_M._Madsen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>2005 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac</i>. 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Wells">Wells</a> (1876–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Woodruff</a> (1880–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Snow</a> (1898–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J.F. Smith</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_W._Ivins" title="Anthony W. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1918–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">G.A. Smith</a> (1921–35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Bowen" title="Albert E. Bowen">Bowen</a> (1935–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1937–48)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_R._Curtis" title="Elbert R. Curtis">E. Curtis</a> (1948–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._Bentley" title="Joseph T. Bentley">Bentley</a> (1958–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Carlos_Smith" title="G. Carlos Smith">G.C. Smith</a> (1962–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Jay_Eldredge" title="W. Jay Eldredge">Eldredge</a> (1969–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Backman" title="Robert L. Backman">Backman</a> (1972–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_D._Schaerrer" title="Neil D. Schaerrer">Schaerrer</a> (1977–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Backman" title="Robert L. Backman">Backman</a> (1979–85)</li> <li>Featherstone (1985–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1990–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Dellenbach" title="Robert K. Dellenbach">Dellenbach</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Melvin_Hammond" title="F. Melvin Hammond">Hammond</a> (2001–04)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Dahlquist_II" title="Charles W. Dahlquist II">Dahlquist</a> (2004–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_L._Beck" title="David L. Beck">Beck</a> (2009–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Owen" title="Stephen W. Owen">Owen</a> (2015–20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_J._Lund" title="Steven J. Lund">Lund</a> (2020–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First<br />Counselors/Assistants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milton_H._Hardy" title="Milton H. Hardy">M. Hardy</a> (1876–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J.F. Smith</a> (1880–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">Grant</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">Roberts</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Lyman" title="Richard R. Lyman">Lyman</a> (1922–1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1935–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Cannon" title="Joseph J. Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (1937-45)</li> <li>Giles (1945-48)</li> <li>Stevenson (1948–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Carlos_Smith" title="G. Carlos Smith">G.C. Smith</a> (1958–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1961–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill_III" title="George R. Hill III">Hill</a> (1969–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_I._Cannon" title="George I. Cannon">G. Cannon</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeGrand_R._Curtis" title="LeGrand R. Curtis">L. Curtis</a> (1972–74)</li> <li>Doxey (1977–79)</li> <li>Featherstone (1979–85)</li> <li>Pinegar (1985–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Holland</a> (1989–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeGrand_R._Curtis" title="LeGrand R. Curtis">L. Curtis</a> (1990–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Dellenbach" title="Robert K. Dellenbach">Dellenbach</a> (1991–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_D._Nadauld" title="Stephen D. 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