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Presentation of the General Authorities and Officers of the Church

Heber J. Grant, President of the Church

1928 April General Conference·First Day Afternoon Session (Friday, April 6, 1928)·1928-04-06

Presented the General Authorities and Officers, and General Auxiliary Officers, who were voted upon and unanimously sustained as follows:

General Authorities of the Church

First Presidency

Heber J. Grant, Prophet, Seer and Revelator and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anthony W. Ivins, First Counselor in the First Presidency. Charles W. Nibley, Second Counselor in the First Presidency.

President of the Council of the Twelve Apostles

Rudger Clawson

Council of the Twelve Apostles

Rudger Clawson, Joseph Fielding Smith, Reed Smoot, James E. Talmage, George Albert Smith, Stephen L. Richards, George F. Richards, Richard R. Lyman, Orson F. Whitney, Melvin J. Ballard, David O. McKay, John A. Widtsoe.

Presiding Patriarch

Hyrum G. Smith

The Counselors in the First Presidency, the Twelve Apostles and the Presiding Patriarch as Prophets, Seers, and Revelators.

First Council of the Seventy

Brigham H. Roberts, Jonathan G. Kimball, Charles H. Hart, Rulon S. Wells, Levi Edgar Young, Joseph W. McMurrin, Rey L. Pratt.

Presiding Bishopric

Sylvester Q. Cannon, Presiding Bishop. David A. Smith, First Counselor. John Wells, Second Counselor.

Trustee-in-Trust

Heber J. Grant, as Trustee-in-Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

General Officers of the Church

Church Historian and Recorder

Joseph Fielding Smith, with the following assistants: Andrew Jenson, Brigham H. Roberts, A. William Lund, Junius F. Wells.

Church Board of Education

Heber J. Grant, Joseph Fielding Smith, Anthony W. Ivins, David O. McKay, Charles W. Nibley, Stephen L. Richards, Willard Young, Richard R. Lyman, Rudger Clawson, John A. Widtsoe, Orson F. Whitney, Adam S. Bennion, Joseph F. Merrill. Arthur Winter, Secretary and Treasurer.

Superintendent of Church Schools

Joseph F. Merrill

Auditing Committee

Henry H. Rolapp, John C. Cutler, Peter G. Johnston.

Tabernacle Choir

Anthony C. Lund, Conductor. B. Cecil Gates, Asst. Conductor. George C. Smith, Secretary.

Organists

Edward P. Kimball, Alexander Schreiner, Tracy Y. Cannon, Frank W. Asper.

Clerk of General Conference

Joseph Anderson

General Auxiliary Officers of the Church

National Woman's Relief Society

Clarissa S. Williams, President. Jennie B. Knight, First Counselor. Louise Y. Robison, Second Counselor. With all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

Deseret Sunday School Union

David O. McKay, General Superintendent. Stephen L. Richards, 1st Asst. Gen'l Supt. George D. Pyper, 2nd Asst. Gen'l Supt. With all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association

George Albert Smith, General Superintendent. Richard R. Lyman, 1st Asst. Superintendent. Melvin J. Ballard, 2nd Asst. Superintendent. With all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association

Martha H. Tingey, President. Ruth May Fox, First Counselor. Lucy Grant Cannon, Second Counselor. With all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

Primary Association

May Anderson, President. Sadie G. Pack, First Counselor. Isabelle S. Ross, Second Counselor. With all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

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