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Mervyn B. Arnold biography

Published: Saturday, April 19, 2003

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Family: Born July 19, 1948, to Jasmine Bennion and John Everett Sorensen Arnold in Salt Lake City; married Devonna Kress Aug. 12, 1971, in the Idaho Falls Temple; six children, four grandchildren.

Church Service: former president of the Costa Rica San Jose Mission, 1985 to 1988; counselor in stake presidency, high councilor, bishop, stake young men president, elders quorum president, gospel doctrine teacher, and full-time missionary in the Northern Mexico Mission, August 1967 to December 1969.

Education: Received bachelor's degree in business from BYU, 1972; master's degree in public administration from BYU, 1984.

Employment:Worked as a partner in a real estate, building and development company; later he expanded into the banking business; Director of Training and Field Services in the Church's Missionary Department, 1990 to present.