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Russell Ballard</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Russell_Ballard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of M Russell Ballard standing behind a podium giving a speech." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/220px-M._Russell_Ballard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/330px-M._Russell_Ballard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/440px-M._Russell_Ballard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="716" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ballard speaking at the <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/BYU" class="mw-redirect" title="BYU">BYU</a> <i>Church History Symposium</i></span> in 2012</div></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/Acting_President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a><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></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">January 14, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-01-14</span>)</span><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> – November 12, 2023</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. 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Kimball</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reason</th><td class="infobox-data">Death of <a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">Bruce R. McConkie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reorganization<br /><span class="nowrap">at end of term</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kearon" title="Patrick Kearon">Patrick Kearon</a> ordained</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/Presidency_of_the_First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy">Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">February 22, 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1980-02-22</span>)</span> – October 6, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-10-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Spencer W. Kimball</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</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/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 3, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1976-04-03</span>)</span> – October 6, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-10-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Called by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Spencer W. Kimball</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</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;">Military career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Service/branch</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">United States Army Reserve</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="First lieutenant (United States)">First lieutenant</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">Melvin Russell Ballard Jr.<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-10-08</span>)</span>October 8, 1928<br /><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, Utah, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">November 12, 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-11-12)</span> (aged 95)</span><br />Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Barbara Bowen</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1951; died 2018)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Russell_Ballard_signature.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Signature of M. 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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>Melvin Russell Ballard Jr.</b> (October 8, 1928 – November 12, 2023) was an American businessman and religious leader who served as the <a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</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) from 2018 until his death in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had been a member of the church's <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> since 1985. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Ballard was accepted by church members as a <a href="/wiki/Prophet,_seer,_and_revelator" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet, seer, and revelator">prophet, seer, and revelator</a>. At the time of his death, he was the third most senior <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> in the church.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_Orrin_Hatch_introduces_President_Bill_Clinton_to_LDS_Church_leader_M._Russell_Ballard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Senator_Orrin_Hatch_introduces_President_Bill_Clinton_to_LDS_Church_leader_M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/220px-Senator_Orrin_Hatch_introduces_President_Bill_Clinton_to_LDS_Church_leader_M._Russell_Ballard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Senator_Orrin_Hatch_introduces_President_Bill_Clinton_to_LDS_Church_leader_M._Russell_Ballard.jpg/330px-Senator_Orrin_Hatch_introduces_President_Bill_Clinton_to_LDS_Church_leader_M._Russell_Ballard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Senator_Orrin_Hatch_introduces_President_Bill_Clinton_to_LDS_Church_leader_M._Russell_Ballard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption>Ballard with President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Orrin_Hatch" title="Orrin Hatch">Orrin Hatch</a> in 1993</figcaption></figure> <p>Ballard was born in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> to Melvin Russell Ballard and his wife, Geraldine Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-Richardson2000_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richardson2000-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a young man, Ballard served as a <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> in England from 1948 to 1950, during which he was a counselor in the mission presidency.<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 met his wife while they were studying at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a>. Over the following years, Ballard served in multiple positions in the LDS Church, including twice as a bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974, Ballard was called as <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">president</a> of the church's Canada <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission</a>. While serving as a mission president in 1976, he was called 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>; he completed his three-year term as mission president as a member of the seventy.<sup id="cite_ref-Richardson2000_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richardson2000-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among other assignments as a seventy, he was the editor of the church's magazines from the start of 1980 until the end of 1984. He was a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from 1980 until 1985. As a general authority, Ballard was also president of the church's International Mission and the executive director of the church's missionary department.<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>Following the death of apostle <a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">Bruce R. McConkie</a>, Ballard was <a href="/wiki/Common_consent_(Mormonism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Common consent (Mormonism)">sustained</a> to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 6, 1985 and ordained an <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> on October 10, 1985.<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><p>Ballard was the grandson of apostles <a href="/wiki/Melvin_J._Ballard" title="Melvin J. Ballard">Melvin J. Ballard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_M._Smith" title="Hyrum M. Smith">Hyrum M. Smith</a>. Through Hyrum M. Smith, Ballard was a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a>, brother of church founder <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among other assignments as an apostle, Ballard oversaw the church's celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Mormon_pioneer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon pioneer">Pioneer</a> <a href="/wiki/Anniversary#Sesquicentennial" title="Anniversary">Sesquicentennial</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the January 2018 death of church president <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a>, the church's <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> was reorganized with <a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a> as president.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson selected <a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a>, the next senior apostle and new quorum <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">president</a>, as First Counselor in the First Presidency. As the next senior apostle not in the First Presidency, Ballard became the quorum's acting president.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late October 2023, Ballard was briefly hospitalized for respiratory problems.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died less than a month later at his home in Salt Lake City on November 12, 2023, at age 95.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_activities">Business activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Business activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Professionally, Ballard was involved in several enterprises, including automotive, real estate, and investment businesses. He was the top-selling salesman for his father's <a href="/wiki/Nash_Motors" title="Nash Motors">Nash</a> car dealership when he left it in the early 1950s to pursue other business interests. In 1956, Ballard returned and took over the Ballard Motor Company from his father. During this period, he also served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">United States Army Reserve</a>, resigning his commission as a <a href="/wiki/First_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lieutenant">First Lieutenant</a> in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the late 1950s, Ballard was recruited by the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a> to become the first <a href="/wiki/Edsel" title="Edsel">Edsel</a> car dealer for Salt Lake City. According to Ballard, after praying for guidance, he had the "clear impression" not to sign the franchise. He did anyway and incurred a huge loss, "without doubt the darkest period" of his business career.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One highlight of Ballard's business career was his presidency of the Valley Music Hall in <a href="/wiki/Bountiful,_Utah" title="Bountiful, Utah">Bountiful, Utah</a>, which offered family entertainment. There Ballard worked with <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas" title="Danny Thomas">Danny Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cummings" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Cummings">Bob Cummings</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Movie_stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie stars">Hollywood celebrities</a> who were advisers to the enterprise. Although the music hall failed financially, investors recovered their money when the LDS Church purchased the building.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keystone_Securities_Corporation">Keystone Securities Corporation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Keystone Securities Corporation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1961, Kay Stoker, a business partner of Ballard's, created a mining company called Shasta Mineral and Chemical Corporation and filed a registration statement with the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> (SEC) declaring intent to offer public stock for the company. While processing the request, the SEC recommended that a separate company be created to handle issuance of stock, so Keystone Securities Corporation was established with Ballard as president.<sup id="cite_ref-Bushnell_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bushnell-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1961 the SEC charged Shasta with fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-Silver_King_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silver_King-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballard attempted to withdraw Keystone Securities from the issue because he "could not be affiliated with anything that was having this claim of 'fraud' and 'misleading statements' associated with it."<sup id="cite_ref-Bushnell_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bushnell-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SEC subsequently charged Keystone and Ballard with violating the <a href="/wiki/Securities_Exchange_Act_of_1934" title="Securities Exchange Act of 1934">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Securities_Act_of_1933" title="Securities Act of 1933">Securities Act of 1933</a>. The investigation centered around "manipulation and fraud."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SEC completed its investigation in 1963 and withdrew its original charge of fraud but charged Keystone and Ballard with "aiding and abetting" fraud in Shasta. Without admitting or denying the charges, Keystone and Ballard settled the case by stipulating that the SEC could find them as having violated the acts through aiding and abetting Shasta. The SEC revoked the broker-dealer registration of Keystone as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-Silver_King_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silver_King-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964 the SEC dropped the charges against Shasta.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a testimony before a Senate subcommittee in 1965, the lawyer for Keystone and Ballard asserted that the SEC charges against Ballard were solely "to determine whether an underwriter can be charged vicariously with any wrongdoing of the issuing company," even though "Keystone had not participated in the preparation of the registration statement or sold any stock pursuant to the proposed public offering" of Shasta.<sup id="cite_ref-Bushnell_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bushnell-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1966, a U.S. district court found the SEC guilty of acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner by announcing their charges against both Shasta and Keystone.<sup id="cite_ref-Silver_King_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silver_King-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Russell_Ballard_and_Barbara_Bowen_(38504209230).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/M._Russell_Ballard_and_Barbara_Bowen_%2838504209230%29.jpg/220px-M._Russell_Ballard_and_Barbara_Bowen_%2838504209230%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/M._Russell_Ballard_and_Barbara_Bowen_%2838504209230%29.jpg/330px-M._Russell_Ballard_and_Barbara_Bowen_%2838504209230%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/M._Russell_Ballard_and_Barbara_Bowen_%2838504209230%29.jpg/440px-M._Russell_Ballard_and_Barbara_Bowen_%2838504209230%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4377" data-file-height="2163" /></a><figcaption>Ballard with his wife, Barbara, in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 28, 1951, Ballard married Barbara Bowen in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Ballard_Marriage_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ballard_Marriage-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they were the parents of seven children.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of their daughters, Brynn, is married to <a href="/wiki/Peter_R._Huntsman" title="Peter R. Huntsman">Peter R. Huntsman</a>, who is the son of late billionaire industrialist <a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Sr." title="Jon Huntsman Sr.">Jon Huntsman Sr.</a> and brother of <a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman Jr.">Jon Huntsman Jr.</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Ambassadors_of_the_United_States" title="Ambassadors of the United States">United States Ambassador</a> to Russia and China and former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Utah">Governor of Utah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barbara Bowen Ballard died on October 1, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-BBallarddeath_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBallarddeath-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Books</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBallard2009" class="citation cs2">Ballard, M. Russell (2009), <i>Daughters of God</i>, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60641-043-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60641-043-1"><bdi>978-1-60641-043-1</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/268547494">268547494</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Daughters+of+God&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F268547494&rft.isbn=978-1-60641-043-1&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard2002" class="citation cs2">—— (2002), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/aswomenofgod00ball"><i>As Women of God</i></a>, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57008-832-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57008-832-2"><bdi>978-1-57008-832-2</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/51605089">51605089</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=As+Women+of+God&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F51605089&rft.isbn=978-1-57008-832-2&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Faswomenofgod00ball&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard2001" class="citation cs2">—— (2001), <i>Staying the Course: Ten Keys to Gospel Commitment</i>, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-813-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-813-9"><bdi>978-1-57345-813-9</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/232700082">232700082</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Staying+the+Course%3A+Ten+Keys+to+Gospel+Commitment&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F232700082&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-813-9&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard2001" class="citation cs2">—— (2001), <i>When Thou Art Converted: Continuing the Search for Happiness</i>, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-813-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-813-9"><bdi>978-1-57345-813-9</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/47831370">47831370</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=When+Thou+Art+Converted%3A+Continuing+the+Search+for+Happiness&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F47831370&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-813-9&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard1998" class="citation cs2">—— (1998), <i>The law of sacrifice and What came from Kirtland</i>, Classic talk series, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-403-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-403-2"><bdi>978-1-57345-403-2</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/40736766">40736766</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+law+of+sacrifice+and+What+came+from+Kirtland&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.series=Classic+talk+series&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F40736766&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-403-2&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard1997" class="citation cs2">—— (1997), <i>Counseling with Our Councils: Learning to Minister Together in the Church and in the Family</i>, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-209-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-209-0"><bdi>978-1-57345-209-0</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/37606320">37606320</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Counseling+with+Our+Councils%3A+Learning+to+Minister+Together+in+the+Church+and+in+the+Family&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1997&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F37606320&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-209-0&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard1993" class="citation cs2">—— (1993), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oursearchforhapp00ball"><i>Our Search for Happiness: An Invitation to Understand the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</i></a>, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-804-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-804-2"><bdi>978-0-87579-804-2</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/28889507">28889507</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Our+Search+for+Happiness%3A+An+Invitation+to+Understand+the+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1993&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F28889507&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-804-2&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Foursearchforhapp00ball&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard1993" class="citation cs2">—— (1993), <i>Suicide: Some Things We Know, and Some We Do Not</i>, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-766-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-766-3"><bdi>978-0-87579-766-3</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/29378984">29378984</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Suicide%3A+Some+Things+We+Know%2C+and+Some+We+Do+Not&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1993&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F29378984&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-766-3&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <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=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=7" 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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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Due to quorum president <a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a> serving as First Counselor in the First Presidency.</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="CITEREFThe_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints2018" class="citation web cs1">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (January 16, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/russell-m-nelson-17th-church-president">"President Russell M. Nelson"</a>. <i>Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org&rft.atitle=President+Russell+M.+Nelson&rft.date=2018-01-16&rft.au=The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Frussell-m-nelson-17th-church-president&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></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="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/m-russell-ballard?lang=eng">"M. Russell Ballard"</a>. <i>www.churchofjesuschrist.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 9,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=M.+Russell+Ballard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Flearn%2Fm-russell-ballard%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" 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">Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all ordained apostles (including the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a>. Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)#Succession_to_the_presidency" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">Succession to the presidency</a> and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeath1987" class="citation journal cs1">Heath, Steven H. 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Richardson">Richardson, Matthew O.</a> "M. Russell Ballard" in <a href="/wiki/Arnold_K._Garr" title="Arnold K. Garr">Arnold K. Garr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Q._Cannon" title="Donald Q. Cannon">Donald Q. Cannon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_O._Cowan" title="Richard O. Cowan">Richard O. 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Russell Ballard: True to the Faith"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, p. 6</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=Elder+M.+Russell+Ballard%3A+True+to+the+Faith&rft.pages=6&rft.date=1986-03&rft.aulast=Lubeck&rft.aufirst=Kathleen&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fensign%2F1986%2F03%2Felder-m-russell-ballard-true-to-the-faith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AM.+Russell+Ballard" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/ensign/1976/05/news-of-the-church/elder-melvin-russell-ballard-jr-of-the-first-quorum-of-the-seventy">"Elder Melvin Russell Ballard Jr., Of the First Quorum of the Seventy"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, May 1976</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Russell_Ballard&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/leader/m-russell-ballard">General Authorities and General Officers: President M. Russell Ballard</a> churchofjesuschrist.org</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/leader-biographies/elder-m-russell-ballard">Newsroom of LDS Church</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261471486">M. 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Johnson</a> (1835–38)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_28-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Page" title="John E. Page">Page</a> (1838–46)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_28-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">J. Taylor</a> (1838–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">W. Woodruff</a> (1839–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">G. A. Smith</a> (1839–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">W. 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Smith Sr.</a> (1866–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Carrington</a> (1870–85)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_28-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Thatcher" title="Moses Thatcher">Thatcher</a> (1879–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_M._Lyman" title="Francis M. Lyman">F. M. Lyman</a> (1880–1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">J. H. Smith</a> (1880–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Teasdale" title="George Teasdale">Teasdale</a> (1882–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">H. J. Grant</a> (1882–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John W. Taylor (Mormon)">J. W. Taylor</a> (1884–1911)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_28-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriner_W._Merrill" title="Marriner W. Merrill">M. W. Merrill</a> (1889–1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthon_H._Lund" title="Anthon H. Lund">Lund</a> (1889–1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">A. H. Cannon</a> (1889–96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_F._Cowley" title="Matthias F. Cowley">M. F. Cowley</a> (1897–1911)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_O._Woodruff" title="Abraham O. Woodruff">A. O. Woodruff</a> (1897–1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudger_Clawson" title="Rudger Clawson">Clawson</a> (1898–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reed_Smoot" title="Reed Smoot">Smoot</a> (1900–41)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_M._Smith" title="Hyrum M. Smith">H. M. Smith</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">G. A. Smith</a> (1903–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Penrose" title="Charles W. Penrose">Penrose</a> (1904–25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Richards" title="George F. Richards">G. F. Richards</a> (1906–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_F._Whitney" title="Orson F. Whitney">Whitney</a> (1906–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">McKay</a> (1906–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_W._Ivins" title="Anthony W. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1907–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">J. F. Smith Jr.</a> (1910–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Talmage" title="James E. Talmage">Talmage</a> (1911–33)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">S. L. Richards</a> (1917–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Lyman" title="Richard R. Lyman">R. R. Lyman</a> (1918–43)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_28-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_J._Ballard" title="Melvin J. Ballard">M. J. Ballard</a> (1919–39)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Widtsoe" title="John A. Widtsoe">Widtsoe</a> (1921–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Merrill" title="Joseph F. Merrill">J. F. Merrill</a> (1931–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Callis" title="Charles A. Callis">Callis</a> (1933–47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Reuben_Clark" title="J. Reuben Clark">Clark</a> (1934–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_A._Hinckley" title="Alonzo A. Hinckley">A. A. Hinckley</a> (1934–36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Bowen" title="Albert E. Bowen">Bowen</a> (1937–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Q._Cannon" title="Sylvester Q. Cannon">S. Q. Cannon</a> (1938–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee" title="Harold B. Lee">Lee</a> (1941–73)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">S. W. Kimball</a> (1943–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Benson</a> (1943–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Petersen" title="Mark E. Petersen">Petersen</a> (1944–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowley" title="Matthew Cowley">M. Cowley</a> (1945–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Moyle</a> (1947–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delbert_L._Stapley" title="Delbert L. Stapley">Stapley</a> (1950–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Romney</a> (1951–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeGrand_Richards" title="LeGrand Richards">L. Richards</a> (1952–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_S._Bennion" title="Adam S. Bennion">Bennion</a> (1953–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Evans" title="Richard L. Evans">Evans</a> (1953–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1954–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1958–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Hunter" title="Howard W. Hunter">Hunter</a> (1959–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">G. B. Hinckley</a> (1961–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">Tanner</a> (1962–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Monson</a> (1963–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1967–77)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_27-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Packer</a> (1970–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1971–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">McConkie</a> (1972–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Tom_Perry" title="L. Tom Perry">Perry</a> (1974–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Haight" title="David B. Haight">Haight</a> (1976–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1978–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1981–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Nelson</a> (1984–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Oaks</a> (1984–)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. R. Ballard</a> (1985–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1986–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Scott</a> (1988–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Hales</a> (1994–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Holland</a> (1994–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Eyring</a> (1995–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Uchtdorf</a> (2004–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Bednar" title="David A. Bednar">Bednar</a> (2004–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_L._Cook" title="Quentin L. Cook">Cook</a> (2007–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Todd_Christofferson" title="D. Todd Christofferson">Christofferson</a> (2008–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_L._Andersen" title="Neil L. Andersen">Andersen</a> (2009–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_A._Rasband" title="Ronald A. Rasband">Rasband</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_E._Stevenson" title="Gary E. Stevenson">Stevenson</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_G._Renlund" title="Dale G. Renlund">Renlund</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. Gong">Gong</a> (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Soares</a> (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kearon" title="Patrick Kearon">Kearon</a> (2023–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Notes" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Notes</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-not12-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_27-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-excommunication-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_28-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by excommunication.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by resignation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by suspension of priesthood.</span> </li> </ol></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidents_of_the_Seventy_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:LDS70pres" title="Template:LDS70pres"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDS70pres" title="Template talk:LDS70pres"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDS70pres" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDS70pres"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Presidents_of_the_Seventy_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Presidents of the <a href="/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Seventy</a> of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="First_Seven_Presidents_of_the_Seventy_/_First_Council_of_the_Seventy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">First Seven Presidents of the Seventy / First Council of the Seventy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hazen_Aldrich" title="Hazen Aldrich">Aldrich</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Young" title="Joseph Young">J. Young</a> (1835–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_W._Hancock" title="Levi W. Hancock">Hancock</a> (1835–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Rich" title="Leonard Rich">Rich</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee_Coltrin" title="Zebedee Coltrin">Coltrin</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_R._Sherman" title="Lyman R. Sherman">Sherman</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Sylvester Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Smith</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_S._Miles" title="Daniel S. Miles">Miles</a> (1836–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gould_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="John Gould (Latter Day Saints)">Gould</a> (1837)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Foster_(Mormon)" title="James Foster (Mormon)">Foster</a> (1837–41)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Butterfield" title="Josiah Butterfield">Butterfield</a> (1837–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_Gee" title="Salmon Gee">Gee</a> (1837–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gaylord" title="John Gaylord">Gaylord</a> (1837–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Harriman_(Mormon)" title="Henry Harriman (Mormon)">Harriman</a> (1838–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zera_Pulsipher" title="Zera Pulsipher">Pulsipher</a> (1838–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Orton" title="Roger Orton">Orton</a> (1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_P._Rockwood" title="Albert P. Rockwood">Rockwood</a> (1845–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_L._Clapp" title="Benjamin L. Clapp">Clapp</a> (1845–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Grant</a> (1845–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_S._Eldredge" title="Horace S. Eldredge">Eldredge</a> (1854–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Gates" title="Jacob Gates">Gates</a> (1860–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Cott" title="John Van Cott">Van Cott</a> (1862–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Taylor" title="William W. Taylor">W.W. Taylor</a> (1880–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">Cannon</a> (1882–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_B._Lewis" title="Theodore B. Lewis">Lewis</a> (1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_B._Young" title="Seymour B. Young">S.B. Young</a> (1882–1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_D._Fjeldsted" title="Christian D. Fjeldsted">Fjeldsted</a> (1884–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_Morgan" title="John Hamilton Morgan">Morgan</a> (1884–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">Roberts</a> (1888–1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">Reynolds</a> (1890–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Golden_Kimball" title="J. Golden Kimball">Kimball</a> (1892–1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rulon_S._Wells" title="Rulon S. Wells">Wells</a> (1893–1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stevenson" title="Edward Stevenson">Stevenson</a> (1894–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._McMurrin" title="Joseph W. McMurrin">McMurrin</a> (1897–1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Hart" title="Charles H. Hart">Hart</a> (1906–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_E._Young" title="Levi E. Young">L.E. Young</a> (1909–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Pratt" title="Rey Pratt">Pratt</a> (1925–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_R._Ivins" title="Antoine R. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1931–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_O._Bennion" title="Samuel O. Bennion">Bennion</a> (1933–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John H. Taylor (Mormon)">J.H. Taylor</a> (1933–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_K._Hardy" title="Rufus K. Hardy">Hardy</a> (1934–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Evans" title="Richard L. Evans">Evans</a> (1938–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_A._Kirkham" title="Oscar A. Kirkham">Kirkham</a> (1941–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Dilworth_Young" title="S. Dilworth Young">S.D. Young</a> (1945–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_R._Hunter" title="Milton R. Hunter">Hunter</a> (1945–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">McConkie</a> (1946–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1953–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Theodore_Tuttle" title="A. Theodore Tuttle">Tuttle</a> (1958–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Dunn" title="Paul H. Dunn">P.H. Dunn</a> (1964–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartman_Rector_Jr." title="Hartman Rector Jr.">Rector</a> (1968–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loren_C._Dunn" title="Loren C. Dunn">L.C. Dunn</a> (1968–76)</li> <li>Pinegar (1972–76)</li> <li>G.R. Cook (1975–76)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Presidency_of_the_Seventy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Presidency of the Seventy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_seventy)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon seventy)">Richards</a> (1976–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1976–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Thomas_Fyans" title="J. Thomas Fyans">Fyans</a> (1976–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Theodore_Tuttle" title="A. Theodore Tuttle">Tuttle</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1976–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Dunn" title="Paul H. Dunn">P.H. Dunn</a> (1976–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grant_Bangerter" title="William Grant Bangerter">Bangerter</a> (1978–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_E._Asay" title="Carlos E. Asay">Asay</a> (1980–86)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ballard</a> (1980–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_L._Larsen" title="Dean L. Larsen">Larsen</a> (1980–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royden_G._Derrick" title="Royden G. Derrick">Derrick</a> (1980–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Homer_Durham" title="G. Homer Durham">Durham</a> (1981–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Scott</a> (1983–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. 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