Two new General Authorities answer call
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Two new members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy were sustained during the Saturday afternoon session of the 172 Annual General Conference.
Elder Gerald N. Lund, 62, is president of the Brigham Young University 14th Stake. He retired from the Church Educational System where he worked for 34 years in various positions, including seminary teacher, institute director, curriculum writer and in a number of administrative positions. He is author of numerous articles and popular books. He has served as a full-time missionary, branch president, bishop and bishop's counselor. He and his wife, Retta Lynn Stanard Lund, are parents of seven children.
Elder William R. Walker, 57, is president of the Sandy Utah Cottonwood Creek Stake. Reared in Raymond, Alberta, he has held a number of executive positions in investment banking and is a member of the board of directors and chairman of the investment committee for Beneficial Life Insurance Co. He has served as mission president, two times as bishop, bishop's counselor, high councilor, high priests group leader and elders quorum president. He and his wife, Vicki Colleen Van Wagenen Walker, have five children.
Feature articles about the new General Authorities, with more biographical details, will be published in future issues of the Church News.
