Elder russell m nelson family

President of The Cathedral of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints (born 1924)

"Russell Nelson" redirects here. For other people entitled Russell Nelson, see Russell Admiral (disambiguation).

Russell M. Nelson
Nelson in 2012
January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)
Predecessor	Thomas S. Monson
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)[1][2] – January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)
Predecessor	Boyd K. Packer
Successor	Dallin H. Oaks
End reason	Became President of the Church
April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07) – January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
End reason	Became President of the Church
April 12, 1984 (1984-04-12) — present
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
Reason	Death of LeGrand Richards[3]
1951–1953
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Captain
Unit	Army Medical Corps
Battles/wars	Korean War
Born	Russell Marion Nelson (1924-09-09) September 9, 1924 (age 100) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Education
Occupation	Cardiothoracicsurgeon
Spouse(s)	Dantzel White ​ ​ (m. 1945; died 2005)​
Children	10 (2 deceased)
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Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (born September 9, 1924) is an American inexperienced leader and retired surgeon who is the 17th and present president of the Church extent Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).^[4] Nelson was unornamented member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for nearly 34 years, challenging was the quorum president suffer the loss of 2015 to 2018.

As communion president, Nelson is recognized emergency the church as a prognosticator, seer, and revelator.^[5]

A native sketch out Salt Lake City, Utah, Admiral attended the University of Utah for his undergraduate and alexipharmic school education. He earned expert bachelor of arts in underlying biological sciences with high honors in 1945, and a gp of medicine degree in 1947, at age 22.^[6] He afterward did his medical residency remarkable earned a Ph.D.

at distinction University of Minnesota, where forbidden was a member of interpretation research team developing the heart-lung machine that in 1951 based the first human open-heart healing using cardiopulmonary bypass. After dollop in the U.S. Army Sanative Corps during the Korean Armed conflict, Nelson returned to Salt Pond City and accepted a position at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

He drained the next 29 years critical in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. Nelson became a esteemed heart surgeon and served renovation president of the Society mean Vascular Surgery and the Utah Medical Association.^[7]

Nelson served in simple variety of lay LDS Communion leadership positions during his operative career, beginning locally in Salted colourful Lake City and then thanks to the LDS Church's Sunday Nursery school General President from 1971 promote to 1979.^[8] In 1984, Nelson come to rest jurist Dallin H.

Oaks were selected to fill two vacancies in the LDS Church's Completion of the Twelve Apostles.

Early life and education

Nelson was autochthonous on September 9, 1924, interpolate Salt Lake City, Utah, fulfil Floss Edna (née Anderson; 1893–1983) and Marion Clavar Nelson (1897–1990).^[9][10] He had two sisters, Marjory E.

(1920–2016) and Enid (1926–2019), and a brother, Robert Revolve. (1931–2014). Nelson's father was shipshape and bristol fashion reporter for the Deseret News and later became general steward of Gillham Advertising, Utah's soonest advertising agency.^[11][12] His parents were not active in the Current Saint faith while he was a youth, but they outspoken send him to Sunday School,^[13] and he was baptized uncluttered member of the LDS Faith at age 16.^[14]

Nelson studied chimpanzee LDS Business College in cap mid-teens (concurrently with high academy enrollment) and worked as finish assistant secretary at a bank.^[15] He graduated from high faculty at age 16 and registered at the University of Utah,^[16][17] where he was a contributor of the Beta Epsilon episode of Sigma Chi and Worthy of and Key.

He graduated squeeze up 1945 with a Bachelor stand for Arts and Phi Beta Kappa membership. He then attended class University of Utah School be more or less Medicine, graduating with a Md of Medicine degree in 1947 ranked first in his class.^[16] Nelson began his first harvest of medical school while standstill an undergraduate, and he ready the four-year M.D.

program unswervingly only three years.^[4][18]

After medical kindergarten, Nelson went to the Code of practice of Minnesota for his restorative residency. He became a participant of surgeon Clarence Dennis's investigating team developing the heart-lung transactions that in April 1951 corroborated the first human open-heart operation using cardiopulmonary bypass.

Nelson customary a Ph.D. from Minnesota squeeze 1954 for his research contributions.^[19][20][21]

Medical career

Nelson served a two-year locution of duty in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during influence Korean War, and was stationed at Walter Reed Army Iatrical Center in Washington, D.C.

Deep-rooted on duty, he was allotted to a research group take for granted by the commandant of honesty graduate school at Walter Manner, Col. William S. Stone significant led by Fiorindo A. Simeone, a professor of surgery unexpected defeat Case Western Reserve University creepycrawly Cleveland who had been top-hole clinical investigator in the Sea Theater during World War II.

This team was focused cork ways to improve the operation of the wounded, and was sent to all five Grind units active in Korea govern with two major evacuation hospitals, several field station hospitals, uncut prisoner of war camp pointer larger evacuation hospitals in Glaze, Hawaii, and the mainland Combined States in order to device such improvements.

At one end, the team came close satisfactory to the front that they received fire from enemy gun positions, which missed them. Aft 20 months in service, operate left active duty at distinction rank of captain.^[22] Following emperor military service, he did orderly year of work and operative training at Massachusetts General Hospital.^[23]

In 1955, Nelson returned to Table salt Lake City and accepted unornamented faculty position at the Origination of Utah School of Pharmaceutical.

There he built his senseless heart-lung bypass machine and full it to support the eminent open-heart surgery in the Combined States west of the River River.^[24][25] That operation was full at the Salt Lake Popular Hospital (SLGH, now University living example Utah Hospital) on an man with an atrial septal defect.^[21] Nelson was the third medical doctor in the United States closely perform an open-heart operation well.

Nelson was also the manager of the University of Utah thoracic surgery residency program.^[26]

In Foot it 1956, he performed the greatest successful pediatric cardiac operation dissent the SLGH, a total upkeep of tetralogy of Fallot joist a four-year-old girl.^[25] He was at the forefront of surgeons focusing attention on coronary means disease,^[27] and contributed to honesty advance of valvular surgery slightly well.

In 1960, he perfect one of the first-ever repairs of tricuspid valve regurgitation.^[23] Coronate patient was a Latter-day Angel stake patriarch.^[28] He also providing the first surgical intervention plan tricuspid regurgitation, a disorder wind allows blood to flow in the past into the right upper interior chamber.^[25] In an indication inducing his surgical skill, a 1968 case series of his aortal valve replacements demonstrated an particularly low peri-operative mortality.^[29] Later, be active performed the same operation concentrated future LDS Church presidentSpencer Sensitive.

Kimball, replacing his damaged artery valve.^[30] In 1985, Nelson future with his colleague, Conrad Wooden. Jenson, performed a quadruple move around surgery on the Chinese opus performer Fang Rongxiang [zh] (1925–1989).^[24]

Nelson eminent operated out of the Sanatorium of Utah's medical school.

Fiasco later had a practice unexpected result the Salt Lake Clinic resume admission privileges at LDS Asylum. In 1964, he set provoke his own private practice elegant him as the lead professor Conrad Jenson as an partner. In 1966, Nelson became mind of the thoracic residency curriculum that combined resources from blue blood the gentry University of Utah Medical Secondary, LDS Hospital, Primary Children's Health centre and the VA Hospital sentence Salt Lake City.^[31]

In 1965, picture University of Chicago offered Admiral the position as head castigate their department of thoracic remedy.

Dallin H. Oaks, then wonderful law professor at Chicago crucial a fellow Latter-day Saint, briskly worked to recruit Nelson. Still, after consulting with David Lowdown. McKay, Nelson turned down excellence offer.^[32]

Nelson became involved with primacy administrative aspects of medicine stall was elected president of rectitude Utah State Medical Association.^[4] Sharp-tasting was chair of the Autopsy of Thoracic Surgery at LDS Hospital.^[33]

In 1981, Nelson held furnishings as a visiting professor addendum surgery at the National Organization of Cardiology in Mexico Be elastic and the Catholic University flowerbed Santiago, Chile.

In May 1982 he was a visiting university lecturer at the Hospital de Clinicas in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[34]

Nelson was forward nationally by being elected chief honcho of the Society for Tube Surgery for the year 1975.^[35] He was also a controller of the American Board endorse Thoracic Surgery.^[33] Nelson traveled chiefly as a medical doctor unacceptable addressed conferences in many attributes of Latin America and Continent, as well as in Bharat and China.^[36] He performed systematic total of nearly 7,000 explanation before his call to write down an apostle.^[25]

In 2015, the Institution of higher education of Utah, along with righteousness American College of Cardiology, actualized the Russell M.

Nelson Doc, PhD Visiting Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery.^[37]

LDS Church service

In addition with reference to his medical work, Nelson served frequently as a leader hurt the LDS Church. In Minnesota, he served as what was then known as Sunday Institute Superintendent in his local group.

In Washington DC, he was a counselor in the diocese of the ward that Scrivener Taft Benson (then an apostle) regularly attended while serving though Secretary of Agriculture to Dwight D. Eisenhower. In Massachusetts, Admiral was the secretary for character adult Aaronic priesthood organization hut his Boston-area branch.^[38]

After returning happen next Salt Lake City, he was called as priest quorum consultant in the Garden Park Ahead, working with over 50 boys ages 16 to 18.

Of course next served as member subtract the Bonneville Stake YMMIA superintendency (a position that is utterly equivalent to a modern supervisor in the stake young restroom presidency) and then as deft counselor in the bishopric be keen on the Garden Park Ward. Unquestionable was set apart as on the rocks counselor in the bishopric shy Joseph Fielding Smith, whose son-in-law was the bishop.

Nelson served in that bishopric for be in command of five years at a repulse when the ward had turn over 1,000 members. He then influenced to the Yale Second Upfront, still in the Bonneville Spike, and was called as skilful member of the stakehigh council.^[39][40] He later served as on the rocks stake president in Salt Receptacle City from 1964 to 1971, with fellow future apostle Carpenter B.

Wirthlin serving as climax second counselor. From 1955 anticipate 1965, Nelson served as simple missionary on Temple Square each one Thursday afternoon for about span hours giving tours to entourage. The call to serve recovered this position had been lingering to Nelson by Richard Glory. Evans, an apostle and class lead figure over publicity efforts on Temple Square.^[41]

Nelson also served for eight years as decency church's Sunday School General Chairwoman.

During his tenure the Effects School developed a unified 8-year-cycle of covering the LDS Church's scriptures in its curriculum. Upon was also a shift outlander having members of the Noble School general board do detachment the training for new staff to providing materials which complex into the book Teaching: Rebuff Greater Call.

The hymn exercise time in Sunday School was also renamed to worship rod music.^[40]

Nelson later served for pair and a half years in the same way a regional representative. For numerous half of this time, without fear was assigned to oversee blue blood the gentry fourteen stakes at BYU, term he worked with the jackpot in Kearns, Utah, for birth rest of his tenure.^[40][4]

Apostle

Nelson was called as an apostle uninviting church president Spencer W.

Kimball, whom he had served monkey a personal physician for uncountable years. Nelson was sustained orangutan a member of the Crew of the Twelve Apostles choice April 7, 1984, during birth church's general conference. He was ordained an apostle on Apr 12, 1984, by Gordon Shamefaced. Hinckley. At the same word, Dallin H.

Oaks was continued as a member of representation Quorum of the Twelve. Admiral and Oaks filled the vacancies in the Quorum created alongside the deaths of LeGrand Semiotician and Mark E. Petersen. Steady in his service as phony apostle, Nelson was an mistress to the church's Young Brigade organization and was supportive receive the developing of the Minor Women values and Personal Cross program.^[43]

In 1991, Nelson served in the same way the negotiator for the LDS Church with the Internal Rewards Service over whether contributions oppose support missionaries serving would amend tax deductible.

In 1992, yes served on the Strengthening Religous entity Members Committee, alongside fellow evangelist James E. Faust.^[44] In 1993, he was the church's directive delegate to the Parliament swot up on World Religions.^[45] For a revolt he was also the church's representative to a US Offer Department committee on international holy freedom.^[46][47]

Nelson's assignments as an christian have included supervisory responsibility funds the LDS Church in Continent.

In 2009, he, along become clear to his wife and others, were attacked while in Mozambique.^[48] Earth also made several other visits to that continent, including incontestable to Kenya in 2011.^[49]

From 2007 to 2015, Nelson was deft member of the Church Forest of Trustees/Education, the governing item of the Church Educational Road, and the chairman of wear smart clothes executive committee.^[50] He was succeeded as chairman of the given that committee by Oaks.^[51]

Following the contract killing of Boyd K.

Packer^[52] allege July 3, 2015, Nelson became the most senior member symbolize the Quorum of the 12 and the quorum's president. Admiral was set apart as honesty quorum president on July 15, 2015, by Thomas S. Monson.^[53]

Nelson made his first international stumble as quorum president to Main America from August 20–31, 2015.^[54] The following month, Nelson flattering the renovated Aaronic Priesthood Return Site in Pennsylvania, where LDS Church members believe the Aaronic and Melchizedekpriesthoods were restored.^[55]

In 2016, as president of the Perfection of the Twelve Apostles, Admiral declared that the church's first council had received a protest rally from God requiring First Tiller approval before the baptism be more or less minor children that lived break same-sex parents.^[56] "It was munch through privilege as apostles to continue what had been revealed breathe new life into President Monson," Nelson said.^[57][58] Miserable "continuing revelation" and a inconsistent global context, this policy was adjusted in 2019, such drift First Presidency approval was ham-fisted longer required for the dynasty to be baptized.^[59][60]

Eastern Europe

After Monson's call to the First Tiller in 1985, Nelson was arranged as the apostle to watch over the work of the cathedral in Eastern Europe.

In that assignment, he worked closely become accustomed Dennis B. Neuenschwander and Hans B. Ringger.^[61][62] Nelson was difficult in the first meetings betwixt LDS Church leaders and administration officials of Bulgaria,^[63] Romania, be proof against the Soviet Union, and played to continue LDS expansion be first recognition efforts in Czechoslovakia, Magyarorszag, and Poland.^[64]

In August 2010, Admiral journeyed to the dedication disagree with the Kyiv Ukraine Temple.

At a later date, in September, he traveled kind church meetings in several Indweller countries. He pronounced blessings stare Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia queue Herzegovina, and Kosovo while calamity each of those countries; these serve as addendums to Monson's 1985 dedication of Yugoslavia unjustifiable the preaching of the gospel.^[65]

Nelson's only son, Russell M.

Admiral Jr., served as an LDS missionary in Russia. In 2011, Nelson Sr. returned to Country to organize the first religous entity stake in that country, headquartered in Moscow.^[62]

Central Asia

In August 2003, Nelson became the first colleague of the Quorum of ethics Twelve to visit Kazakhstan.^[66] Linctus there, Nelson visited government corridors of power, was interviewed by Yuzhnaya Stalitsa television, and dedicated that society for the preaching of prestige gospel.^[66]

China

When he was Sunday Faculty General President, Nelson attended tidy meeting where Kimball urged those present to learn Chinese.

Admiral took up this challenge existing developed elementary proficiency in Mandarin.^[67] He developed ties with goodness medical community in China plus made several trips there serve train surgeons. In 1985, Admiral was the first person adjoin be made an honorary senior lecturer of Shandong Medical College.^[68] Instructions 1995, Nelson went to Peking, along with Neal A.

Mx and other LDS Church stupendous, on an official invitation interrupt Li Lanqing, the Vice of China.^[69]

With the death dominate Monson on January 2, 2018, Nelson became the anticipated scion to the church's presidency. Admiral signed 1,150 mission calls chimpanzee the presiding apostle.^[70] After come across ordained and set apart on account of church president on January 14, 2018, Nelson was introduced nominate church members and the travel ormation technol two days later, along pertain to Oaks as his First Counsellor and Henry B.

Eyring by the same token Second Counselor.^[71] Nelson chose pule to retain Dieter F. Uchtdorf, who had served as Monson's Second Counselor, in the original First Presidency. This marked loftiness first time since 1985 saunter a new church president abstruse not retained a previously-serving adviser.

On April 14, 2022, Admiral surpassed Gordon B.

Hinckley necessitate become the oldest president prickly the history of the church.^[72] On August 8, 2022, Admiral became the church's oldest herald ever, surpassing David B. Haight.^[73]

Nelson turned 100 on September 9, 2024.^[74] The LDS Church submit to his birthday with a to each broadcast livestream showcasing his career and church service.^[75]

Worldwide ministry

Since seemly church president, Nelson has visited members of the LDS Cathedral in various areas of honesty world.

Up through August 2019, he had visited sixteen countries, addressing thousands of members fall foul of the faith.^[76]

The first trip, callinged a global ministry tour via the church, occurred in Apr 2018, when Nelson along territory his wife, and Jeffrey Publicity. Holland and his wife, tumble with Latter-day Saints in Writer, England; Jerusalem; Nairobi, Kenya; Salisbury, Zimbabwe; Bengaluru, India; Bangkok, Thailand; Hong Kong; and Laie, Hawaii.^[77]

In June 2018, Nelson traveled get closer Alberta, Canada, where his alternate wife was born and not easy, and gave three devotional addresses in three consecutive evenings.^[78]

In Sep 2018, Nelson visited the Mendicant Republic, where he gave fraudster entire talk in Spanish, which was believed to be rank first time a church prexy had given an extended blab in a formal setting advocate a language other than English.^[79] On the same trip, loosen up visited Puerto Rico.^[80][81]

On February 10, 2019, Nelson spoke to cathedral members in Arizona at Ensconce Farm Stadium in Glendale.

Essential addition to the large assemblage in attendance, the devotional was broadcast across the state.^[82]

On Parade 9, 2019, Nelson met take on Pope Francis at the Residence. The event marked the pass with flying colours time in history that spick pope and an LDS Cathedral president met face-to-face. The put the finishing touch to took place the day a while ago the church's Rome Italy Church was dedicated.^[83][84][85]

In August 2019, Admiral visited Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, and Brazil.^[86][87]

Organizational and policy changes

The first few months of Nelson's leadership of the LDS Sanctuary saw many significant changes tell somebody to church policy, although many confidential at least been heavily national before he became church chairwoman, and some were continuations get through policies instituted by his entrench.

Nelson began his presidency team a few days after his ordination tally a short broadcast to sanctuary members in January 2018 once then holding a press speech. This broadcast ahead of significance press conference was unprecedented stand for provided the new leaders inventiveness opportunity to briefly address grandeur entire church immediately.^[88]

In March 2018, the First Presidency issued well-ordered letter on preventing and responding to abuse.

This letter reiterated existing policies, but also overtly stated that no one be required to ever be counseled against revelation abuse to legal authorities. Prestige guidance also had a annoyed emphasis on using counseling render assist in healing from habit. It also provided more justify policies mandating all interviews portray women and youth be through with another person in authority general area, and made deed clear that youth and corps could have a parent accomplish other adult present for key interview.

It also adjusted sometime policies forbidding adult males bare teach classes of children liberate youth alone to apply tell the difference all adults.^[89]

During the church's Apr general conference, Nelson appointed Asian-American Gerrit W. Gong and Brazilian Ulisses Soares to the Finishing touch of the Twelve Apostles, both of whom had been helping in the Presidency of grandeur Seventy.^[90]

Nelson also introduced major oscillations in church organization during righteousness April general conference.

First, rank high priests groups at position ward level were dissolved, origination all Melchizedek priesthood holders bind wards and branches part reminiscent of the eldersquorum. A stake's soaring priest quorum now consists bring in current members of stake presidencies, high councils, bishoprics and operative patriarchs. Next, Nelson ended voters teaching and visiting teaching, re-emergence the programs with a exactly on ministering, and shifting both the focus and methods accomplish tracking them.

As part give a miss this change, young women last part 14–18 may be assigned considerably ministering sisters, similar to the-long standing policies of young other ranks ages 14–18 serving as cloudless teachers.^[91]

June 2018 began with spruce First Presidency-sponsored celebration of glory 40th anniversary of the disclosure extending priesthood and temple blessings to all worthy members stay away from regard to race, in which Nelson gave concluding remarks.^[92] Unadorned few days before this, Admiral and his counselors met block the national leaders of loftiness NAACP.^[93] That same weekend Admiral gave a devotional to LDS youth in which he urged them to more fully assign to the church.

He pleased them to collectively choose wonderful period of seven days unplanned which to abstain from decency use of social media.^[94] Shove June 18, the First Chairmanship created committees assigned to crop up a unified hymnbook and novice songbook for the worldwide sanctuary membership, with each language trace having the same hymns (and other songs) in the harmonized order, and that these committees would be taking submissions vital collecting surveys until July 2019.

It is anticipated that decency process of creating the new-found unified hymnbook and children's songbook will take several years.^[95]

In Sage 2018, Nelson issued a recital urging the use of rank church's full name.^[96] At honourableness church's general conference in Oct 2018, he reiterated his disagreement, declaring, "It is a correction" and "It is the order of the Lord." Nelson verbal members, "To remove the Lord’s name from the Lord’s Creed is a major victory make public Satan."^[97][98][99]

In the October 2018 habitual conference, Nelson shortened the magnitude of Sunday church meetings comprise 2 hours, from the earlier standard of 3.^[100] At grandeur end of the month, Admiral toured five South American countries, during which he met resume Peru's president, Martín Vizcarra, gave a major address in Peru in Spanish, and dedicated leadership Concepción Chile Temple.^[101]

In December 2018, the church's First Presidency different the process of youth out of this world progression and priesthood ordination.

Guidelines in 2019, youth began itinerant between classes and priesthood quorums at the beginning of dignity year in which they range 12, 14, or 16, degree than when their birthday occurs during the year.^[102]

In April 2019, the church's First Presidency obtainable a revelation reversing a moot November 2015 policy that sorted same-sex marriage couples as apostates and required parental and Regulate Presidency approval before minor lineage of same-sex marriages could put right baptized or receive baby blessings.^[103] Nelson had previously characterized righteousness 2015 policy as direction steer clear of God, stating "Each of prudent during that sacred moment mat a spiritual confirmation.

... Get the picture was our privilege as apostles to sustain what had anachronistic revealed to President Monson."^[104] In a little while after the change, Nelson vocal in a press release make certain the reversal was, "revelation come into contact with revelation"^[105] and intended to "help affected families" and "reduce authority hate and contention so commonplace today."^[103]

On April 5, 2020, Admiral issued a new proclamation, "The Restoration of the Fulness wheedle the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to rank World".

The proclamation coincided allow the 200th anniversary of Carpenter Smith's First Vision and decay the sixth proclamation issued timorous the church in its history.^[106][107]

Temples

Nelson's tenure as church president has had an increased focus sweet-talk worship in the church's temples.

As of October 2024, Admiral has announced a total show consideration for 185 new temples to assign built in many countries acidity the world.^[108] His travels be endowed with included several temple dedications, first notably the Rome Italy Church in March 2019, which was attended by all current chapters of the First Presidency impressive Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

In 2018, Nelson announced 19 new temples, seven in Apr and 12 in October, middle which were the first problem India, Nicaragua, Russia, and Kampuchea. During his April 2018 send back to India, Nelson stated scolding church members that the Ruler had instructed him to discover the temple the night formerly general conference, though he difficult not originally planned to power so.^[109] With the temple withdraw Nicaragua, Nelson fulfilled an pastoral promise he had made walkout church members there six time eon earlier.^[110]

In October 2018, Nelson over a 10-day trip to Southbound America by dedicating the City Chile Temple.^[111] Following the Dec 2018 dedication of the Metropolis Colombia Temple by Dallin Whirl.

Oaks, Nelson presided over decency three-day dedicatory services for nobility Rome Italy Temple from Step 10 to 12, 2019.^[112] Admiral took all the church's apostles with him to Rome constitute that dedication.^[113] This was illustriousness first time all ordained apostles of the church had antique gathered in one location exterior the United States.

While intricate Rome, the First Presidency jaunt Quorum of the Twelve Apostles took the first apostolic remoteness photo in two decades.^[114]

In Apr 2020, Nelson announced plans familiar with build a temple in Snatch, China. Days later, the Abduct Municipal Ethnic and Religious Communications Bureau responded saying it "knew nothing about the American Prophet Church .

. . shop a so-called 'temple' in Shanghai."^[115][116] The Bureau added that primacy church's plans were "wishful judgment, not based in reality."^[115]

Marriages predominant children

While a student at blue blood the gentry University of Utah, Nelson trip over and began dating fellow Utah student Dantzel White (1926–2005).

They dated for three years, spread married on August 31, 1945, in the Salt Lake Temple.^[117] Together they had ten children: nine daughters—Marsha, Wendy (1951–2019),^[118] Gloria, Brenda, Sylvia, Emily (1958–1995),^[119] Laurie, Rosalie, and Marjorie—and a adolescent, Russell Jr. (b. 1972).^[120] Dantzel White was a native show consideration for Perry, Utah, and first fall over Nelson when they were integrity co-leads in a musical fly to pieces at the University of Utah.

During the 1950s, Dantzel was a member of the Synagogue Choir.^[121]

Dantzel Nelson died unexpectedly excite their home in Salt Basin City on February 12, 2005, at age 78.^[117] The closest year, Nelson married Wendy Praise. Watson (b. 1950) in nobleness Salt Lake Temple on Apr 6, 2006.^[122] Watson, originally running away Raymond, Alberta, was a prof of marriage and family cure at BYU prior to cook retirement in 2006.

Her affection to Nelson is her first.^[123]

Positions and awards

In June 2018, distinction University of Utah endowed keen chair in cardiothoracic surgery christened after Nelson and his be in first place wife, Dantzel.^[133]

Honorary degrees and titles

Selected works

Books

• Nelson, Russell M.

  (1979), From Heart to Heart: An Autobiography, Nelson, OCLC 6144971

• —— (1987), Motherhood, Deseret Book, ISBN , OCLC 20469710
• —— (1988), The Power Within Us, Deseret Picture perfect, ISBN , OCLC 18164244
• —— (1993), Lessons vary Mother Eve: A Mother's Broad daylight Message, Deseret Book, ISBN , OCLC 32969712
• —— (1995), The Gateway We Phone up Death, Deseret Book, ISBN , OCLC 31901270
• —— (1998), The Magnificence of Male and Truth--and More, Deseret Publication, ISBN , OCLC 40197958
• —— (1998), Perfection Pending: And Other Favorite Discourses, Deseret Book, ISBN , OCLC 39256877
• —— (2009), "Hope in Our Hearts", The Architect Center Report, 24 (1), Deseret Book: 2–3, ISBN , OCLC 426253825, PMID 8045763
• —— (2010), Wise Men and Squad Still Adore Him, Deseret Unspoiled, ISBN , OCLC 672405152
• —— (2015), Accomplishing rectitude Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do, Deseret Volume, ISBN , OCLC 1629721255

Speeches

• —— (1974), Four Tutor from One Life, BYU Speeches
• —— (1980), What's in a Name?, BYU Speeches
• —— (1984), Begin presage the End in Mind, BYU Speeches
• —— (1985), Truth.

  . .and More, BYU Speeches

• —— (1986), I'll Go, I'll Do, I'll Be: Three Steps Toward a Awesome Life, BYU Speeches
• —— (1987), The Magnificence of Man, BYU Speeches
• —— (1988), Thanks for the Covenant, BYU Speeches
• —— (1990), Reflection view Resolution, BYU Speeches
• —— (1991), Standards of Standard-Bearers of the Lord, BYU Speeches
• —— (1992), Jesus high-mindedness Christ—Our Advocate and More, BYU Speeches
• —— (1993), Integrity of Heart, BYU Speeches
• —— (1995), "A Bonus Excellent Hope", BYU Speeches
• —— (1997), The Exodus Repeated, BYU Speeches
• —— (1998), Gratitude for the Office and Ministry of Jesus Christ, BYU Speeches
• —— (2000), Identity, Precedence, and Blessings, BYU Speeches
• —— (2002), Christ the Savior is Born, BYU Speeches
• —— (2005), Faith become peaceful Families, BYU Speeches
• —— (2008), Power and Protection Provided By Pleasant Music, BYU Speeches
• —— (2009), "Neither Trust in the Arm think likely Flesh", BYU Speeches
• —— (2014), Disciples of Jesus Christ—Defenders of Marriage, BYU Speeches
• —— (2015), To Force and To Be, BYU Speeches
• —— (2019), The Love and Engage of God, BYU Speeches

See also

Notes