PEDRO E. ABULARACH, 35, Garibaldi Ward, Quetzaltenango Guatemala West Stake; to serve the Quetzaltenango Guatemala and Retalhuleu Guatemala regions; former mission president and counselor, high councilor, branch president and counselor; received bachelor's degree from National Central Institute, and did post graduate work at the University of Guatemala; Church Educational System coordinator; born in Guatemala City, Guatemala; married Mayra Elizabeth Rojas.

H. ERWIN BIRNBAUMER, 55, Paraiso Branch, Bolivia La Paz Mission; to serve the Cochabamba Bolivia Region; former mission president's counselor, stake president and counselor, bishop's counselor, and district president's counselor; Church Educational System coordinator; born in Bregenz, Austria; married Hortencia Cavero Balderrama.L. WHITNEY CLAYTON, III, 42, Irvine 3rd Ward, Irvine California Stake; to serve the Anaheim California and Huntington Beach California regions; former mission president's counselor, high councilor, stake executive secretary, stake mission president, bishop, branch president, high priests group leader, and seventies president; received bachelor's degree from the University of Utah, and juris doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law; lawyer and managing shareholder; born in Salt Lake City, Utah; married Kathy Ann Kipp.

ROBERTO JULIAO G., 58, Silencio Ward, Barranquilla Colombia Stake; to serve the Bogota Colombia Region; former interim mission president, bishop and counselor, district president, branch president, and elders quorum president; industrial sales and service coordinator; born in Barranquilla, Colombia; married Fabiola de Laytz.

ALEXANDER ALFONSO NUNEZ T., 35, San Isidro Ward, Ica Peru Stake; to serve the Lima Peru Limatambo Region; former stake president, high councilor, bishop and counselor, district president, and elders quorum president; earned bachelor's degree from the Arequipa-Ica Catholic University; Church Educational System regional coordinator; born in Arequipa, Peru; married Elena N. Alba Romero.

ELDON D. SPEED, 52, Glenmoor Ward, Fremont California Stake; to serve the Santa Rosa California and Vacaville California regions; former mission president's counselor, mission executive secretary, stake president and counselor, high councilor, high priests instructor, stake missionary, and priests quorum adviser; received bachelor's degree from BYU; general manager of Stanford University bookstore; born in Oakland, Calif.; married Patti Evon Scarborough.

AGUSTIN VASQUEZ A. 40, Las Brisas Ward, Chiclayo Peru Central stake; to serve the Chiclayo Peru and Piura Peru regions; former stake president and counselor and high councilor; corporation general manager; born in Huanuco, Peru; married Amelia Eugenia Arias Sanchez.