Loren C. Dunn
Born: 12 June 1930
Called to First Council of the Seventy: 6 April 1968
Called to First Quorum of the Seventy: 1 October 1976
Called as Second Counselor in the Sunday School Presidency: 1983
Released from Sunday School Presidency: 1985
Became Emeritus General Authority: 7 October 2000
Died: 16 May 2001
Called to First Council of the Seventy: 6 April 1968
Called to First Quorum of the Seventy: 1 October 1976
Called as Second Counselor in the Sunday School Presidency: 1983
Released from Sunday School Presidency: 1985
Became Emeritus General Authority: 7 October 2000
Died: 16 May 2001
Biographical Articles
Relief Society Magazine, June 1968, Elder Loren C. Dunn Appointed to First Council of the Seventy
Ensign, July 2001, Elder Loren C. Dunn Dies at 70
Ensign, July 2001, Elder Loren C. Dunn Dies at 70
"Elder Loren C. Dunn Appointed to First Council of the Seventy." Relief Society Magazine. June 1968. pg. 410.
Elder Loren C. Dunn Appointed to the First Council of Seventy Elder Loren Charles Dunn was sustained as a member of the First Council of Seventy at the Saturday morning session of the 138th Annual General Conference of the Church, April 6, 1968. At the time of his appointment to this high and important position in the kingdom of God, Elder Dunn was serving as First Counselor in the New England Mission Presidency. His home was in Natick, Massachusetts. Elder Dunn was born in Tooele, Utah, June 12, 1930, a son of the late Alex F. and Carol Horsfall Dunn. He was educated at the Tooele public schools and Brigham Young University. While at BYU, he was center on the basketball team from 1949 to 1953. He was graduated with a degree in journalism and immediately left for a mission to Australia, where he was a counselor in the mission presidency. Upon returning, in 1956, he served in the United States Army in Germany. He was group leader of Latter-day Saint servicemen during this time. From 1958 to 1961 he was editor of the Tooele Transcript. He then went to Boston University where he received a Master's degree in public relations, in 1966. In 1963, he assumed the position of director of communications for the New England Council for Economic Development, which he held at the time of his appointment to the First Council of Seventy. Elder Dunn married Sharon Longden, daughter of Elder John Longden, Assistant to the Twelve, in the Salt Lake Temple, December 12, 1959. They have two children. Elder Dunn became a counselor in the New England Mission Presidency in 1962. Sister Dunn has served as YWMIA president in the Boston Stake, stake Primary president, and was in the mission Relief Society presidency. |