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[[Image:GordonHinckley78.jpg|thumb|Gordon B. Hinckley at age 78]]
 
  
[[Gordon B. Hinckley|Gordon Bitner Hinckley]] was the fifteenth [[Mormon prophet|Prophet]] and [[Mormon prophet|President]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], or Mormon Church, as it is commonly known. He held that position from March 12, [[1995]] until January 27, [[2008]] when he died. He had served in a full-time capacity for the Church since [[1958]]. During his tenure as President of the LDS Church, Hinckley traveled the world extensively and met with many journalists, government officials, civic leaders, and heads of state. At 97 years old, he was the oldest person ever to preside over the Church. For more information, see [http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/beloved-church-president-gordon-b-hinckley-dies-at-97 Beloved Church President Gordon B. Hinckley dies at 97].
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==Dale G. Renlund: Mormon Apostle==
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'''Dale G. Renlund''' was named to the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] on October 3, 2015. His call was a milestone for the Church: 100 apostles have now served since the Church was organized in 1830. Renlund was serving as a member of the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]] at the time of his call to the apostleship. He had previously served as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy.
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Renlund earned his MD degree from the University of Utah and further medical and research training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Utah, and from 1991 to 2009 he was the Medical Director of the Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals (UTAH) Cardiac Transplant Program. He became the director of the Heart Failure Prevention and Treatment Program at Intermountain Health Center in Salt Lake City in 2000.
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He was born on November 13, 1952, in Salt Lake City. His Swedish parents, Mats Ake Renlund and Mariana Andersson, immigrated to the United States so they could marry in an LDS temple. Later while Renlund was in his teens, he lived in Sweden with his family while his father served as a building missionary for the Church. He returned again to Sweden to serve as a full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] (1972–1974). He has also served as a Sunday School president, bishop, stake president, and Area Seventy.
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Renlund and his wife, Ruth Lybbert (a daughter of former General Authority Merlin Lybbert), are the parents of one daughter. Ruth Renlund survived ovarian cancer after the birth of their daughter. She was an attorney and partner in the Salt Lake law firm Dewsnup, King, and Olsen. She also set aside her career when her husband was assigned to serve in the presidency of the Africa Southeast Area.

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Dale G. Renlund: Mormon Apostle

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Dale G. Renlund was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 3, 2015. His call was a milestone for the Church: 100 apostles have now served since the Church was organized in 1830. Renlund was serving as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy at the time of his call to the apostleship. He had previously served as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy.

Renlund earned his MD degree from the University of Utah and further medical and research training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Utah, and from 1991 to 2009 he was the Medical Director of the Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals (UTAH) Cardiac Transplant Program. He became the director of the Heart Failure Prevention and Treatment Program at Intermountain Health Center in Salt Lake City in 2000.

He was born on November 13, 1952, in Salt Lake City. His Swedish parents, Mats Ake Renlund and Mariana Andersson, immigrated to the United States so they could marry in an LDS temple. Later while Renlund was in his teens, he lived in Sweden with his family while his father served as a building missionary for the Church. He returned again to Sweden to serve as a full-time missionary (1972–1974). He has also served as a Sunday School president, bishop, stake president, and Area Seventy.

Renlund and his wife, Ruth Lybbert (a daughter of former General Authority Merlin Lybbert), are the parents of one daughter. Ruth Renlund survived ovarian cancer after the birth of their daughter. She was an attorney and partner in the Salt Lake law firm Dewsnup, King, and Olsen. She also set aside her career when her husband was assigned to serve in the presidency of the Africa Southeast Area.