Henry B. Eyring

Henry Bennion Eyring (born May 31, 1933) is an American religious leader and former educational administrator serving as the first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As the church's second most senior apostle, he is also the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, with Dieter F. Uchtdorf serving as the quorum's acting president. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Eyring earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Utah in 1955 and later received MBA and DBA degrees from Harvard University. He served two years in the U.S. Air Force before beginning a career in academia. He was a professor of business at Stanford University from 1962 to 1971, also serving as a Sloan Visiting Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was the president of Ricks College (now Brigham Young University–Idaho) from 1971 to 1977. Eyring has been an LDS Church general authority since 1985. He was a counselor in the Presiding Bishopric from 1985 to 1992, then became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy until he was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1995. He served twice as commissioner of the Church Educational System, first from 1980 to 1985 and again from 1992 to 2005.