Henry B. Eyring was born 31 May 1931 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States to Henry Eyring (1901-1981) and Mildred Bennion (1896-1969) .
Biography[]
Henry Bennion Eyring (born May 31, 1933) is an American educational administrator, author, and religious leader. In 2008, Eyring was appointed First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Eyring was the Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency from October 6, 2007 until Hinckley's death on January 27, 2008. On February 3, 2008, Eyring was called as First Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency, serving with Second Counselor Dieter F. Uchtdorf.
Eyring has also served as a general authority of the church in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the First Quorum of the Seventy, and the Presiding Bishopric. Eyring has served twice as Commissioner of the Church Educational System. Currently, he is the tenth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church.
Early Family Life[]
Eyring was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the second child of Henry Eyring, the dean of the graduate school at the University of Utah and president of the American Chemical Society, and his wife, Mildred Bennion. His father's sister, Camilla Eyring (1894-1987), married Spencer Woolley Kimball (1895-1985) , making Henry B. the nephew of Kimball, who was the 12th president of the LDS Church.
Married Life[]
Henry B. Eyring and his wife, Kathleen Johnson, were married in the church's Logan Utah Temple and they are the parents of six children (four sons and two daughters). This includes Henry J. Eyring, a vice president at BYU–Idaho and Matthew J. Eyring, the Chief Strategy Innovation Officer of Vivint, a home automation company in North America.
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