Harold G. Hillam

Harold G. Hillam
Harold G. Hillam
First Quorum of the Seventy
First Quorum of the Seventy
	April 6, 1991 – October 1, 2005
Called by	Ezra Taft Benson
End reason	Designated an emeritus general authority
Presidency of the Seventy
	August 15, 1995 – August 15, 2000
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
End reason	Honorably released
Emeritus General Authority
	October 1, 2005 – March 27, 2012
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
Personal details
Born	Harold Gordon Hillam; September 1, 1934; Sugar City, Idaho, United States
Died	March 27, 2012 (aged 77); Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Harold Gordon Hillam (September 1, 1934 – March 27, 2012) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1990 until his death. Hillam was the fifteenth general president of the LDS Church's Sunday School organization from 1995 to 2000 and was president of the Boise Idaho Temple from 2005 to 2008.

Hillam was born in

orthodontist at Northwestern University. He practiced orthodontics in Idaho Falls, Idaho

.

In 1981, Hillam was

Presidency of the Seventy in 1995; while in this position, Hillam was general president of the Sunday School organization. On December 8, 1999, the eve of the 150th commemoration of the founding of the Sunday School, Hillam sealed the third Sunday School time capsule in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

; the capsule is scheduled to be opened in 2049, at the organization's 200th anniversary.

Hillam was released from the Presidency of the Seventy and as general Sunday School president in 2000, but continued as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy until 2005, when he was designated an emeritus general authority and became president of the Boise Idaho Temple, where he served until 2008.^[2]

Hillam was married to Carol Rasmussen and they had seven children, including

Salt Lake City, Utah at age 77.^[1]

Publications and sermons

"What Matters Most", New Era, Apr 2001
"Not for the Body", Ensign, Oct. 2001
"Strength in Adversity", BYU Speeches, 1996-06-26
“Sunday School: Oil for Our Lamps”, Ensign, Aug. 1999, 15
"Friend to Friend", Friend, May 1992

General Conference sermons

"The Worth of Souls", April 2005
"Future Leaders", April 2000
"Teachers, the Timeless Key", October 1997
"Sacrifice in the Service", October 1995
"No More Strangers and Foreigners", October 1990
"An Example of What Welfare Services Can Do", April 1980

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Elder Harold G. Hillam dies at 77", Deseret News, 2012-03-28.
^ Boise Idaho Temple: Presidents.

References

“Elder Harold G. Hillam of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1990, p. 104
"Center Stage: Sunday School time capsule,", Church News, Sep. 4, 1999
"Sunday School seals latest time capsule," Church News, Dec. 11, 1999

[desdeath-1] "Elder Harold G. Hillam dies at 77", Deseret News, 2012-03-28.

[2] Boise Idaho Temple: Presidents.

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