Henry B. Eyring

Henry B. Eyring
First Counselor in the First Presidency
February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03) – incumbent
Called by	Thomas S. Monson
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06) – January 27, 2008 (2008-01-27)
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
End reason	Dissolution of First Presidency on death of Gordon B. Hinckley
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01) – October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06)
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
End reason	Called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency
LDS Church Apostle
April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01) – incumbent
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
Reason	Death of Howard W. Hunter; reorganization of First Presidency
First Quorum of the Seventy
October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03) – April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01)
Called by	Ezra Taft Benson
End reason	Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
April 1, 1985 (1985-04-01) – October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)
Called by	Robert D. Hales
End reason	Honorably released
Personal details
Born	Henry Bennion Eyring (1933-05-31) May 31, 1933 Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Spouse	Kathleen Johnson
Children	6

Henry Bennion Eyring (born May 31, 1933) 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 (LDS Church). 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.

Biography

Eyring was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the second child of Henry Eyring, the dean of the graduate school at the University of Utah and president of the American Chemical Society, and his wife, Mildred Bennion. His father's sister, Camilla Eyring, married Spencer W. Kimball, making Henry B. the nephew of Kimball, who was the 12th president of the LDS Church.

Henry B. Eyring lived in Princeton until his early teenage years. Until the start of World War II they attended LDS meetings at the branch in New Brunswick, New Jersey, but with the gasoline rationing of the war they received permission to hold meetings in their home, which often only consisted of the Eyring family. As a teenager Eyring and his family moved to Salt Lake City when his father took a post at the University of Utah.

He spent two years in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Sandia Base in New Mexico. He received a BS degree in physics from the University of Utah. He went on to earn both Masters and Doctoral degress in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, before embarking on a career in academia.

Eyring while president of Ricks College

Eyring has served twice as Commissioner of Church Education, from September 1980 to April 1985, and from September 1992 to January 2005, when he was replaced by W. Rolfe Kerr. Eyring was an associate professor of business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 1962 to 1971. He was also a Sloan Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Eyring served as president of Ricks College from 1971 to 1977, as a counselor to Presiding Bishop Robert D. Hales from 1985 to 1992, and as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1992 to 1995.

Following the death of Church President Howard W. Hunter, Eyring was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the church on April 1, 1995 and ordained an apostle later that same week.

Eyring was sustained as Second Counselor in the church's First Presidency on October 6, 2007, filling the vacancy left by the death of James E. Faust on August 10, 2007. He was called and set apart as First Counselor in the First Presidency of the church on February 3, 2008 when the First Presidency was reorganized following the death of Gordon B. Hinckley. The new First Presidency, with Thomas S. Monson as president, was announced on February 4, 2008.

Family

Henry B. Eyring and his wife, Kathleen Johnson, were married in the church's Logan Utah Temple and they are the parents of six children (four sons and two daughters). This includes Henry J. Eyring, a vice president at BYU–Idaho and Matthew J. Eyring, the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer of Vivint, a home automation company in North America.

Published works

• Eyring, Henry B. (2006). Because He First Loved Us: A Collection of Discourses. Deseret Book Company. ISBN 1-59038-637-X. 
• —— (2004). To Draw Closer to God: A Collection of Discourses. Deseret Book. ISBN 1-59038-322-2. 
• —— (2003). Go Forth to Serve. Deseret Book. ISBN 1-57008-946-9. 
• —— (2002). Because He First Loved Us. Deseret Book. ISBN 1-57008-924-8. 
• —— (1995). On Becoming a Disciple-Scholar: Lectures presented at the Brigham Young University Honors Program. Discipline and discipleship lecture series. Bookcraft. ISBN 1-57008-198-0. 
• —— (August 1968), "Wise Advice for R and D.", PsycCRITIQUES (Stanford University, Stanford, CA) 13 (8): 398–400, ISSN 1554-0138 . Database:PsycINFO Electronic, accessed March 12, 2009
• —— (December 1966). "Some Sources of Uncertainty and Their Consequences in Engineering Design Projects". IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. EM-13 (4): 167–80. 
• —— (1963). Evaluation of planning models for research and development projects (DBA thesis). [Boston] Graduate School of Business Administration, G.F. Baker Foundation, Harvard University. OCLC 12284394.

See also

• Church Educational System
• Council on the Disposition of the Tithes
• Glenn L. Pace, counselor with Eyring in the presiding bishopric

References

• President Henry B. Eyring, "Official Biographies for leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", Newsroom (LDS Church) 
• Lund, Gerald N. (September 1995), "Elder Henry B. Eyring: Molded by "Defining Influences"", Ensign: 10 

External links

Media related to Henry B. Eyring at Wikimedia Commons

• "General Authorities: President Henry B. Eyring", lds.org
• Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Henry B. Eyring

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Jeffrey R. Holland	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles April 1, 1995 – October 6, 2007	Succeeded by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Academic offices
Preceded by John L. Clarke	President of Ricks College 1971 – 1977	Succeeded by Bruce C. Hafen