Henry B. Eyring
Writer, Author
1933 –
Who is Henry B. Eyring?
Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator, author, and religious leader. In 2008, Eyring was appointed First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eyring was the Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency from October 6, 2007 until Hinckley's death on January 27, 2008. On February 3, 2008, Eyring was called as First Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency, serving with Second Counselor Dieter F. Uchtdorf.
Eyring has also served as a general authority of the church in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the First Quorum of the Seventy, and the Presiding Bishopric. Eyring has served twice as Commissioner of the Church Educational System. Currently, he is the tenth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church.
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- Born
- May 31, 1933
Princeton - Also known as
- Henry Eyring
- Henry Bennion Eyring
- Parents
- Spouses
- Kathleen Johnson
(1962/07 - )
- Kathleen Johnson
- Children
- Religion
- Mormonism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Utah
- Harvard Business School
- Harvard University
- Brigham Young University
- Employment
- Stanford University
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on July 23, 2013
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