Ezra Taft Benson Chronology0e2adbce82be14fd6bcb... · Idaho to George Taft Benson and Sara Dunkley...

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August 4, 1899 Born near Whitney, Idaho to George Taft Benson and Sara Dunkley Benson. 1914-1919 Attends and graduates from Oneida Stake Academy in Preston, Idaho. 1921 Attends Utah Agricultural College (now USU) in Logan, Utah. 1921-1923 Serves as a full-time missionary in the British Mission. Spring 1926 Graduates from BYU. 1926-1927 Attends the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, graduating with a master’s degree in agricultural economics. 1939-1943 Works as executive secretary for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in Washington, D.C. 1946 Dedicates Finland for the preaching of the gospel. October 7, 1843 Ordained an Apostle and set apart as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles by President Heber J. Grant. 1953-1961 Serves as the United States secretary of agriculture under the leadership of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 1966 Rededicates Italy for the preaching of the gospel. December 30, 1973 Set apart as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. EZRA TAFT BENSON September 10, 1926 Marries Flora Smith Amussen in the Salt Lake Temple. 1930-1939 Employed as an agricultural economist and specialist with the University of Idaho Extension Division. 1969 Dedicates Singapore and Indonesia for the preaching of the gospel. 1938-1939 President of Boise Stake 1946 Serves as president of the European Mission, helping to bring temporal and spiritual relief to Latter-day Saints after the devastation of World War II. November 10, 1985 Set apart as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. October 24, 1986 Dedicates the Denver Colorado Temple. August 28, 1987 Dedicates the Frankfurt Germany Temple October 2, 1988 Delivers his final general conference address in person. May 30, 1994 Dies at his home in Salt Lake City, just shy of his 95th birthday. August 14, 1992 His wife, Flora, passes away.

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Page 1: Ezra Taft Benson Chronology0e2adbce82be14fd6bcb... · Idaho to George Taft Benson and Sara Dunkley Benson. 1914-1919 Attends and graduates from Oneida Stake Academy in Preston, Idaho.

August 4, 1899 Born near Whitney,

Idaho to George Taft Benson and Sara Dunkley Benson.

1914-1919 Attends and graduates

from Oneida Stake Academy in Preston,

Idaho.

1921 Attends Utah

Agricultural College (now USU) in Logan,

Utah.

1921-1923 Serves as a full-time

missionary in the British Mission.

Spring 1926 Graduates from BYU.

1926-1927 Attends the Iowa State

College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, graduating

with a master’s degree in agricultural economics.

1939-1943 Works as executive secretary for the

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in Washington, D.C.

1946 Dedicates Finland for the preaching of the gospel.

October 7, 1843 Ordained an Apostle

and set apart as a member of the

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles by President

Heber J. Grant.

1953-1961 Serves as the United States

secretary of agriculture under the leadership of President

Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1966 Rededicates Italy for the preaching of the gospel.

December 30, 1973 Set apart as the President

of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

EZRA TAFT BENSONSeptember 10, 1926 Marries Flora Smith Amussen in the Salt

Lake Temple.

1930-1939 Employed as an agricultural

economist and specialist with the University of Idaho

Extension Division.

1969 Dedicates Singapore and

Indonesia for the preaching of the gospel.

1938-1939 President of Boise

Stake

1946 Serves as president of the European Mission, helping

to bring temporal and spiritual relief to Latter-day Saints after the devastation

of World War II.

November 10, 1985 Set apart as President of The

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

October 24, 1986 Dedicates the Denver

Colorado Temple.

August 28, 1987 Dedicates the Frankfurt

Germany Temple

October 2, 1988 Delivers his final general

conference address in person.

May 30, 1994 Dies at his home in Salt

Lake City, just shy of his 95th birthday.

August 14, 1992 His wife, Flora, passes

away.