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Dallin H. Oaks and family's inauguration photo (1971) After the resignation of Ernest L. Wilkinson as BYU's 7th president, Neal A. Maxwell , who was the Commissioner of the Church Educational System , created a search committee for a new president, without any good leads on candidates.
Dallin H. Oaks: First Counselor in the First Presidency and President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles [2] 1984-05-03 2018-01-14 [1] 92.4 Member First Vice Chairman Henry B. Eyring: Second Counselor in the First Presidency [3] 1995-04-06 2018-01-14 [1] 91.7 Member Second Vice Chairman
On January 16, 2018, the church announced that due to the call of Dallin H. Oaks as a counselor in the First Presidency, M. Russell Ballard would serve as Acting President. [5] After Ballard's death on November 12, 2023, Jeffrey R. Holland was set apart as the new acting president on November 15. [6]
1986 – Dallin H. Oaks commented on a CBS-TV interview that marriage is not doctrinal therapy for homosexual relations, and stated he did not know if any leaders had advised homosexual individuals to enter mixed-orientation marriages. [52] [1]: 393 [53]
Dallin H. Oaks, Wilkinson's successor, attempted to separate politics from BYU in his dealings with Skousen. During the Oaks administration, Skousen claimed to have been authorized to teach a new course about "Priesthood and Righteous Government", which would be published clandestinely under the name "Gospel Principles and Practices".
Indeed, in 2017, Dallin H. Oaks gave a talk in General Conference suggesting the text of the proclamation was composed solely by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles [3] which are the church’s top two leadership bodies, and are both all-male.
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Nelson and Oaks filled the vacancies in the Quorum created by the deaths of LeGrand Richards and Mark E. Petersen. [42] Early in his service as an apostle, Nelson was an adviser to the church's Young Women organization and was supportive of the developing of the Young Women values and Personal Progress program.