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Maxwell, Neal A

LC control no.n 79122653
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3613.A926
Personal name headingMaxwell, Neal A.
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Variant(s)Maxwell, Neal A. (Neal Ash), 1926-2004
Biography/History noteb. 7/6/26
LocatedWashington, D.C. Salt Lake City, Utah
Birth date1926-07-06
Death date2004-07-21
Place of birthSalt Lake City, Utah
Place of deathSalt Lake City, Utah
Field of activityPolitical Science
AffiliationChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
First Quorum of the Seventy
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
United States. Army
University of Utah
Church Educational System (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Westminster College
Brigham Young University
Utah State University
Ricks College
Salt Lake Community College
Questar Corporation
Questar Pipeline
Deseret News (Firm)
Utah. Constitutional Revision Commission
Profession or occupationApostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Author
Educational administrator
Businessman
Found inHis Regionalism in the United States Senate: the West, 1961.
On becoming a disciple-scholar, 1995: cover (Neal A. Maxwell) p. 103 (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, B.S. & M.S., pol. sci., Univ. of Utah)
Wikipedia, website viewed 11 August 2011 (Neal A. Maxwell; Neal Ash Maxwell; born July 6, 1926, Salt Lake City, Utah; died July 21, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah; General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, April 6, 1974-October 1, 1976; First Quorum of the Seventy, October 1, 1976-July 23, 1981; Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, July 23, 1981-July 21, 2004; infantryman in United States Army in World War II-saw action in Okinawa; B.A. and M.A. in political science from University of Utah; worked in Washington, D.C. for the US government and as an assistant to Senator Wallace F. Bennett, 1952-1956; professor of Political Science at the University of Utah--also director of publication relations (1956), Assistant to the President (1958), secretary to the Board of Trustees (1961), dean of students (1962), Executive Vice-president (1967); Commissioner of Church Education over the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970-1974; author; honorary doctor of laws from University of Utah; honorary doctor of letter from Westminster College; honorary doctor of laws from Brigham Young University; honorary doctor of humanities form Utah State University; honorary degree from Ricks College; honorary degree from Salt Lake Community College; business career as dirctor of Questar Corporation, Questar Pipeline, and Deseret News Publishing Company; chairman of the Utah Constitutional Revision Commission)
Associated languageeng