Dallin H. Oaks
Author
1932 –
Who is Dallin H. Oaks?
Dallin Harris Oaks is an American attorney, jurist, author, professor, public speaker, and religious leader. Since 1984, he has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a former professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School, a former president of Brigham Young University, and a former justice of the Utah Supreme Court. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Oaks was considered by Republican U.S. presidential administrations as a top prospect for appointment to the United States Supreme Court. Currently, he is the fifth most senior apostle among the ranks of the LDS Church.
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- Born
- Aug 12, 1932
Provo - Also known as
- Dallin Oaks
- Dallin Harris Oaks
- Dallin H Oaks
- Religion
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Brigham Young University
- University of Chicago Law School
- Employment
- Brigham Young University
- Lived in
- Provo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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