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Ronald A. Rasband
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)
LDS Church Apostle
October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)
ReasonDeath of L. Tom Perry[1] <
Presidency of the Seventy
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15) – October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)
End reasonCalled to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
First Quorum of the Seventy
April 1, 2000 (2000-04-01) – October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)
End reasonCalled to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Personal details
BornRonald Anderson Rasband
(1951-02-06) February 6, 1951 (age 73)
Salt Lake City, Utah
, United States
Spouse(s)Melanie Twitchell
Children5

Ronald Anderson Rasband (born February 6, 1951) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority of the church since 2000. Currently, he is the tenth most senior apostle in the church.[2]

Early life

Rasband was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Rulon Hawkins Rasband and Verda Anderson. He graduated from Olympus High School and later served a mission for the LDS Church in the Eastern States Mission.[3] The mission was headquartered in New York City and encompassed the whole New York Metro area, while also stretching into western New York and Pennsylvania. He spent much of his mission assigned to areas of the city mainly consisting of co-op apartments.[citation needed] Rasband studied at the University of Utah.

After Rasband returned from his mission, he married Melanie Twitchell in 1973 and they are the parents of five children.[3]

Business career

In 1976, Rasband joined the

Huntsman Chemical Corporation by Jon Huntsman Sr.[4]
In 1987, Rasband was appointed president and chief operating officer of Huntsman Chemical. Rasband was later a member of the corporation's board of directors.

LDS Church leadership

Rasband served as a member of the

West Point, as well as the far western portion of Connecticut. One of his initiatives was to have missionaries serve as volunteers at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
, in order to make the missionaries more visible.

General authority

Rasband was called as a

area presidencies, including as a counselor in the presidency of the Europe Central Area. While serving in this position he dedicated the first chapel the church built in the Czech Republic.[6] He was later president of the Utah Salt Lake City Area
and executive director of the church's Temple Department.

In 2005, Rasband was called as a member of the

presidency when Neil L. Andersen
was called to the Quorum of the Twelve. He served in this role until October 2015.

Quorum of the Twelve

In October 2015, Rasband was sustained as an

prophet, seer and revelator. He was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve along with Gary E. Stevenson and Dale G. Renlund, filling vacancies created by the 2015 deaths of L. Tom Perry, Boyd K. Packer and Richard G. Scott. This was the first time since 1906 that three new apostles were sustained at once. They are the 98th, 99th and 100th members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the church's history.[8][9]

In August 2018, Rasband threw the ceremonial first pitch for the annual LDS Night of the Los Angeles Angels.[10]

Community service

Rasband has served as a member of the National Advisory Board for

Marriott School of Management. He has also been a member of the Board of Citizens for Positive Community Values, a Salt Lake City-based organization, and of the University of Utah's International Advisory Board.[5] On January 17, 2018, when Utah Governor Gary Herbert announced establishment of a task force to address teen suicide, Rasband participated in the announcement and will serve as a member of the task force.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ See this article, which clearly states that Rasband filled the vacancy created by the death of Perry.
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  3. ^ a b "Elder Ronald A. Rasband", Liahona, November 2015.
  4. ^ John Huntsman Sr., Barefoot to Billionaire
  5. ^ a b "Elder Ronald A. Rasband biography", Church News, April 29, 2000.
  6. ^ "LDS Czechs celebrate first hall", Church News, December 1, 2001.
  7. ^ "New Area Leadership Assignments," Ensign, August 2007, pp. 76–77
  8. ^ "Three Named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: 100 apostles have now served since Church was organized", Newsroom, LDS Church, 2015-10-03
  9. ^ Norton, Abigail. "Elder Ronald A. Rasband sustained as member of LDS Quorum of Twelve". kutv.com. KUTV. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  10. ^ "LDS Church's Ronald A. Rasband throws first pitch at Angels game". heraldextra.com. The Daily Herald. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  11. ^ Utah Governor Task Force to Address Teen Suicide, Mormon Newsroom. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  12. ^ Ramseth, Luke (January 17, 2018). "Utah's governor launches youth suicide task force as state reveals 44 suicide deaths among 10-to-17-year-olds in 2017". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

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