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Dr.
Cecil O. Samuelson, Jr. to be installed
as Brigham Young University's Twelfth President
Dr. Cecil
O. Samuelson, Jr. – a former medical doctor now serving in
the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints – will take over the reins as president of Brigham
Young University on May 1.
Church President Gordon B. Hinckley made the announcement in today's
Devotional Assembly at BYU.
Dr. Samuelson, who will be the University's 12th president, will
replace Dr. Merrill J. Bateman, who will return to full-time service
as a General Authority of the Church. He began his tenure as BYU
President January 1, 1996 and is in his eighth year of service.
Dr. Samuelson is a Salt Lake City native and has served as Professor
of Medicine, Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of
Utah and as Vice President of Health Sciences. Prior to his call
as a full-time General Authority he was senior vice president of
Intermountain Health Care. He holds a bachelor of science degree,
a master's degree in educational psychology and a medical degree
from the University of Utah.
He fulfilled his residency and held a fellowship in Rheumatic and
Genetic Diseases at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North
Carolina. He has received numerous scholastic honors and has authored
or co-authored 48 original publications, eight books or chapters
of books and 13 abstracts.
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he has served
as a regional representative, stake president, stake high councilor,
branch president and missionary. He has served as president of two
Areas of the Church, the Utah North Area and the Europe North Area.
He and his wife, Sharon Giauque Samuelson have five children and
three grandchildren. Formal investiture of President Samuelson is
scheduled for September 9, 2003.
Elder Bateman was called to serve in the Second Quorum of the Seventy
in June of 1992. As part of that assignment, he was president of
the Asia North Area. He has served the Church also as a missionary,
bishop, stake high councilor, stake president and regional representative.
He was sustained as Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 1994, and then was called as a
member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on November 2, 1995. During
his presidency of the university, he has continued to serve in the
First Quorum of the Seventy.
Elder Bateman is married to Marilyn Scholes Bateman and they are
the parents of seven children: four boys and three girls. They also
have 28 grandchildren.
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