Frederick Niels Larsen
| Frederick Niels Larsen | |
|---|---|
| President of the High Priesthood/Prophet | |
| April 6, 2002 | |
| Predecessor | W. Wallace Smith |
| Successor | April 6, 2002 |
| President of the High Priests Quorum | |
| April 6, 2002 – April 8, 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 15, 1932 Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Alma mater | Graceland College |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Louise Malott |
| Children | 5 |
| Parents | Edward J. Larsen Lois A. Smith |
Frederick Niels Larsen (born January 15, 1932) is the great grandson of Joseph Smith III and the current President of the High Priesthood of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Frederick Niels Larsen was born January 15, 1932 in the house occupied by his grandfather, Frederick M. Smith. The house in Kansas City, Missouri was the home of his parents Edward J. Larsen, a Danish immigrant and Lois A. (Smith) Larsen, daughter of the President/Prophet. The family moved to a 20-acre farm in East Independence in 1937.
Larsen attended eight years at the DeKalb grade school located adjacent to the front yard of the farm home. After one year at the Independence Junior High School and one year at the William Chrisman High School the family moved to Santa Ana, California where Larsen attended Garden Grove Union High School, where he graduating in 1950.
Larsen attended Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa and the University of Kansas City, Missouri. He concentrated his interests in the field of the Physical Sciences and graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry.
While attending college he worked in the analytical laboratories of the Lake City Arsenal, the Great Lakes Pipeline Co., Chemagro Corporation, and the Bendix Corporation. He retired from Bendix (now Honeywell Corp.) in 1994 after 35 years of service. Larsen served as a consultant in the field of Polymer Science at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, California in 1975 and 1976. After “retirement” he joined his brother Daniel in a capital venture company, Infinity Inc., and assisted in building wastewater treatment plants in Chanute, Kansas and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Larsen’s latest work effort has been with the City of Independence Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit where as a Forensic Chemist for the last 5 years he has analyzed illicit drugs and methamphetamine labs for the City and the Jackson County Drug Task Force. His retirement from full-time employment is scheduled for September 30, 2002.
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