James O. Mason
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James O. Mason | |
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William H. Foege | |
Succeeded by | William L. Roper |
Personal details | |
Born | James Ostermann Mason June 19, 1930 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
Died | October 9, 2019 | (aged 89)
Education | University of Utah (BA) (MD) Harvard University (PhD) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | Public Health Service |
Years of service | 1983–1993 |
Rank | Admiral |
James Ostermann Mason (June 19, 1930 – October 9, 2019) was an American medical doctor and public health administrator. He was the
Early life and education
Born in
Mason did residencies at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Medical career
Mason was the first managing director of the LDS Church's Unified Welfare Services, directing the church's hospital system beginning in 1970 when the church moved general authorities to a position of developing policy and handing over the managing of professional departments to hired professionals. In this position he gave a talk in LDS
From 1978 to 1979, Mason served as chair of the division of community medicine in the University of Utah's college of medicine.
Mason served as the executive director of the Utah Department of Health from 1979 until 1983, when he was named director of the
In 1989, the
LDS Church service
In 1994, Mason was appointed as a general authority by the LDS Church, serving in the
As a young man, Mason served an
Family life
Mason married Marie Smith in 1952 in the Salt Lake Temple and they were the parents of seven children. Mason died on October 9, 2019.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Elder James O. Mason — emeritus General Authority Seventy — dies at age 89". 11 October 2019.
- OCLC 26400043.
- ^ "Elder James O. Mason — emeritus General Authority Seventy — dies at age 89", Newsroom, Church News, 2019-10-11
References
- "Elder James O. Mason of the Seventy", Ensign, May 1994