Ezra Taft Benson Born: 4-Aug-1899 Birthplace: Whitney, ID Died: 30-May-1994 Location of death: Salt Lake City, UT Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Whitney Cemetery, Whitney, ID
Gender: Male Religion: Mormon Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Religion, Government Nationality: United States Executive summary: President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94 Father: George Taft Benson, Jr. Mother: Sarah S. Dunkley Wife: Flora Smith Amussen (m. 10-Sep-1926, two sons, four daughters) Son: Reed Son: Mark Daughter: Barbara Daughter: Beverly Daughter: Bonnie Daughter: Flora Beth
High School: Oneida Academy, Preston, ID (1918) University: Utah State Agricultural College (1918-21) University: BS Animal Husbandry, Brigham Young University (1926) University: MS Agricultural Economics, Iowa State College (1927) University: Graduate study, University of California at Berkeley (1936) Administrator: Trustee, Brigham Young University
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985-94) Quorum of the Twelve Apostles President (1973-85) Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1943-85) US Secretary of Agriculture (1953-61) National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Executive Secretary (1939)
American Marketing Association Farm Economics Association
Ordained 7-Oct-1943 Religious Mission: Mormon England (1921) Cholecystectomy (4-Dec-1959) Risk Factors: Pacemaker
Author of books:
Farmers at the Crossroads (1956) Freedom to Farm (1960) Crossfire: The Eight Years with Eisenhower (1962) The Red Carpet (1962) Title of Liberty (1964) An Enemy Hath Done This (1969) God, Family, Country (1974) The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner (1986) The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson (1988)
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