Saturday, June 26, 2010

Jeffrey Roy Holland



Elder Holland was born December 3, 1940 to Frank D. and Alice Bentley Holland.

He married Patricia Terry in 1963. They are the parents of three children.



A student leader and varsity athlete at Dixie High School and Dixie College in his native St. George, Utah, he received his bachelor and master degrees in English and religious education, respectively, from Brigham Young University. He obtained master and doctor of philosophy degrees in American Studies from Yale University.



Elder Holland was active in professional educational activity prior to his call to full-time Church service. He served as president of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities (AAPICU), on the board of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) and as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Presidents Commission. For his work in improving understanding between Christians and Jews he was awarded the "Torch of Liberty" award by the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith. He has served on the governing boards of a number of civic and business related corporations and has received the “Distinguished Eagle Scout” award from the Boy Scouts of America. He is the author of eight books, one of which he co-authored with his wife, Patricia.

Jeffrey R. Holland served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah beginning in 1980. He is a former Church commissioner of education and dean of the College of Religious Education at BYU.



Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on June 23, 1994. At the time of his call to the Twelve Apostles, Elder Holland was serving as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, to which he had been called on April 1, 1989.


In 2009 he had one of his most memorable conference talks, where he yelled, slammed the pulpit and shamed all of the naysayers that say bad things about us.


Some of the books he wrote include

Broken Things to Mend

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