Dallin H. Oaks
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Dallin H. Oaks, February 26, 2010, speaking at Harvard Law School on the foundations of Mormonism.
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| April 7, 1984 | |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| May 3, 1984 | |
| Reason | Deaths of LeGrand Richards and Mark E. Petersen |
| 8th President of Brigham Young University | |
| In office | |
| August 1971 – August 1980 | |
| Predecessor | Ernest L. Wilkinson |
| Successor | Jeffrey R. Holland |
| Military career | |
| 1949-1954 | |
| Service/branch | United States National Guard |
| Unit | Utah National Guard |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Dallin Harris Oaks August 12, 1932 Provo, Utah, United States |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University (B.S.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Judge |
| Spouse(s) | June Dixon (1952–1998; deceased) Kristen Meredith McMain (2000–present) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parents | Lloyd E. Oaks Stella Harris |
| Awards | Canterbury Medal |
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Dallin Harris Oaks (born August 12, 1932) is an American attorney, jurist, author, professor, and religious leader. Since 1984, he has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU), a professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and a justice of the Utah Supreme Court. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Oaks was considered by Republican U.S. presidential administrations as a top prospect for appointment to the United States Supreme Court. Currently, he is the third most senior apostle in the LDS Church.
Oaks was born in Provo, Utah, to Stella Harris and Lloyd E. Oaks. Through his mother, he is a 2nd great-grand-nephew of one of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, Martin Harris. He was given the name Dallin in honor of Utah artist Cyrus Dallin; Oaks's mother was the artist's model for The Pioneer Mother, a public statue in Springville, Utah; she was present for the unveiling of the statue less than three weeks before his birth. His father, who was an ophthalmologist, died of tuberculosis when Dallin was seven years old. Both of Oaks's parents were graduates of BYU. After Oaks's father died, his mother pursued a graduate degree at Columbia University and later served as head of adult education for the Provo School District. In 1956, she became the first woman to sit on the Provo City Council, and served for two terms. In 1958, she also briefly served as Provo's assistant mayor.
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