Dunn served as president of several areas of the church in North America. In 1984, he was the president of the North America Northwest Area.[3][non-primary source needed] Later, while serving as president of the North America Central Area, he also served as president of Nauvoo Restoration, Inc.[4][non-primary source needed]
In October 2000, Dunn was designated as an emeritus general authority. He was called that same month as the first president of the Boston Massachusetts Temple. He served in this position until his death from cancer in a Boston hospital.
Dunn wrote the words to the hymn "Testimony", which is hymn number 137 in the 1985 English-language edition of the LDS Church hymnal.
Dunn and his wife, Sharon, were the parents of five children and they had 20 grandchildren.
Referencesedit
^2007 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2006) p. 78
^"Elder Asay to Direct Missionary Department," Ensign, June 1976, p. 86.
^"Area Presidencies Called as Church Modifies Geographical Administration," Ensign, August 1984, p. 75.
^Marvin K. Gardner, "Making Nauvoo Beautiful Again: Just What the Doctor Ordered," Ensign, October 1987, p. 20.
^"FYI: For Your Information," New Era, July 1977, p. 42.
External linksedit
Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Loren C. Dunn
Loren C. Dunn at BYUCougars.com
January 01, 1970
loren, dunn, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, 2018, learn, when, remove, this, message, lor. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Loren C Dunn news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Loren Charles Dunn June 12 1930 May 16 2001 was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church from 1968 until his death 1 Loren C DunnEmeritus General AuthorityOctober 7 2000 2000 10 07 May 16 2001 2001 05 16 First Quorum of the SeventyOctober 1 1976 1976 10 01 October 7 2000 2000 10 07 End reasonGranted general authority emeritus status First Council of the SeventyApril 6 1968 1968 04 06 October 1 1976 1976 10 01 End reasonPosition abolished Personal detailsBornLoren Charles Dunn 1930 06 12 June 12 1930Tooele Utah United StatesDiedMay 16 2001 2001 05 16 aged 70 Boston Massachusetts United States Dunn was born in Tooele Utah He served a mission for the LDS Church to Australia from 1954 to 1956 and married Sharon Longden a daughter of John Longden Dunn earned a bachelor s degree in journalism and economics from Brigham Young University BYU While at BYU Dunn was also on the basketball team that won the National Invitation Tournament in 1951 He later earned a master s degree in public relations from Boston University At the time of his call as a general authority Dunn was living in Natick Massachusetts and working in Boston After Dunn became a member of the seven man First Council of the Seventy in 1968 he served in several key church positions He was the managing director of the church s Missionary Department in 1974 2 non primary source needed In the early 1980s he served as director of the church s Adult Curriculum Department Dunn was an inaugural member of the newly created First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976 and he was also the president of the church s Australia Sydney Mission for three years Dunn served as president of several areas of the church in North America In 1984 he was the president of the North America Northwest Area 3 non primary source needed Later while serving as president of the North America Central Area he also served as president of Nauvoo Restoration Inc 4 non primary source needed In October 2000 Dunn was designated as an emeritus general authority He was called that same month as the first president of the Boston Massachusetts Temple He served in this position until his death from cancer in a Boston hospital Dunn wrote the words to the hymn Testimony which is hymn number 137 in the 1985 English language edition of the LDS Church hymnal Among Dunn s published works is Prepare Now to Succeed on Your Mission Salt Lake City Utah Bookcraft 1977 5 non primary source needed Dunn and his wife Sharon were the parents of five children and they had 20 grandchildren References edit 2007 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac Salt Lake City Utah Deseret Morning News 2006 p 78 Elder Asay to Direct Missionary Department Ensign June 1976 p 86 Area Presidencies Called as Church Modifies Geographical Administration Ensign August 1984 p 75 Marvin K Gardner Making Nauvoo Beautiful Again Just What the Doctor Ordered Ensign October 1987 p 20 FYI For Your Information New Era July 1977 p 42 External links editGrampa Bill s G A Pages Loren C Dunn Loren C Dunn at BYUCougars com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Loren C Dunn amp oldid 1124718857, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
