Supportive. First Presidency Counselor DIETER F. UCHTDORF, 72, of a plan that would create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. After an 8 March meeting with Barack Obama and 13 other faith leaders, Pres. Uchtdorf, an immigrant himself (albeit documented), said that Obama’s outline for immigration reform “was …
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People: Issue 167
Deceased. Poet, reporter, and Sunstone friend PAUL SWENSON, 76, of causes related to diabetes. After working at the Desert News, Paul became the editor of the now-defunct Utah Holiday, which published important stories about the LDS Church’s finances and the relation between the Church and the Utah state legislature. Paul will be remembered for writing …
People: Issue 165
Deceased. Emeritus Seventy RONALD E. POELMAN, 83. A lawyer and successful businessman, Poelman was tapped to become a general authority in 1978. In October 1984, he gave a general conference speech titled “The Gospel and the Church,” in which he argued that “as we increase our knowledge, acceptance and application of gospel principles, we become …
People: Issue 161
At Large. TWO ANONYMOUS PARACHUTERS who base jumped from the top of the Church Office Building on 12 November. According to Church employee Annie Beer, the two men landed in a parking lot across the street. By the time police arrived at the scene, the jumpers had sped off in a silver SUV. “It must …
People: Issue 162
Resigning. JON HUNTSMAN, Jr., 50, after serving one year as U.S. ambassador to China. The son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist JON HUNTSMAN and grandson of LDS Apostle DAVID B. HAIGHT, Huntsman is reportedly exploring a 2012 Republican presidential bid. Excised. FRED HUNTING, who played the part of the apostle John in the 1991 temple …