Faithful service
Four General Authorities released during conference
Published: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
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Elder Earl C. Tingey was released from the Presidency of the Seventy
and, along with Elder Sheldon F. Child, was released from the First Quorum
of the Seventy. Elder Tingey and Elder Child were designated Emeritus
General Authorities.
Elder Gerald N. Lund and Elder Robert R. Steuer were released from the
Second Quorum of the Seventy.
Elder Jay E. Jensen was called to the Presidency of the Seventy in June
and was sustained in the Saturday afternoon session of conference.
Elder Earl C. Tingey
Elder Tingey was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy on
Dec. 5, 1990. He was called to the Presidency of the Seventy on Aug. 15,
1996. He has also served as a regional representative and as president of
the
Australia Sydney Mission. A former corporate attorney, he was born in
Bountiful, Utah, on June 11, 1934. His wife is Joanne Wells Tingey.
Elder Sheldon F. Child
Elder Child was sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy on
April 5, 1998. He was sustained to the Second Quorum of the Seventy on
April 6, 1996. He also served as an Area Authority and as president of the
New York New York Mission. The former president of a home furnishings
company, he was born in Ogden, Utah, on May 8, 1938. His wife is Joan
Haacke Child.
Elder Gerald N. Lund
Elder Lund was sustained to the Second Quorum of the Seventy on
April 6, 2002. A former seminary and institute instructor and CES
administrator and author of
The Work and the
Glory series, he was born in Fountain Green, Utah, on Sept. 12,
1939. His wife is Retta Lynn Stanard Lund.
Elder Robert R. Steuer
Elder Steuer was sustained to the Second Quorum of the Seventy on
March 31, 2001. He also served as president of the Brazil Sao Paulo North
Mission. A former diagnostic physician and founder and chairman of Hema
Metrics, he was born in Milwaukee, Wis., on Dec. 6, 1943. His wife is
Margaret Black Steuer.
