Ronald T. Halverson
Ronald Tomlinson Halvorson (December 18, 1936 – February 24, 2017) was an American politician and businessman.
Halvorson was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. He attended what is now Weber State University and then studied at the University of Utah. He was president of the Halverson Mechanical Inc. Halverson was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a mission for the LDS church in Norway during which he served as a counselor in the mission presidency.
He served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1967 to 1978 and then served in the Utah State Senate from 1978 to 1982. Halverson was a Republican.[1]
Halvorson served as a stake president and regional representative in the LDS Church. In the early 1990s he served as president of the Norway Oslo Mission. He was called as a general authority in 1998 and served in that position until 2006.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Utah Legislators Historical List
- ^ 'Elder Ronald T. Halverson, LDS general authority and Utah legislator, dies at age 80,' The Deseret News, Scott Taylor, February 26, 2017
- 1936 births
- 2017 deaths
- Politicians from Ogden, Utah
- University of Utah alumni
- Weber State University alumni
- Businesspeople from Utah
- Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
- Republican Party Utah state senators
- American Mormon missionaries in Norway
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- 20th-century American businesspeople