Gaylord K. Swim

Gaylord K. Swim

Gaylord K. Swim (1948-2005) was the founder of the Sutherland Institute and a prominent business man and community leader.

Biography

Swim was a native of Carmel, California. He attended Pomona College and then transfered to Brigham Young University. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while a student at BYU. In 1970 he graduated with a BS in business. He then served a mission for the church in the Germany Central Mission (latter the Germany Dusseldorf Mission). After his return from his mission he earned an M.A. in political science from BYU. In 1973 Swim married Lauralyn Bankhead in the Salt Lake Temple.

The Swims had a total of five children.

Early on Swim worked for Dominick and Dominick. He latter established the company that became Pillar Capital Investors. He also was a co-founder of the Rural Health Management Corporation.

In the LDS Church Swim served in various positions including as a bishop and a counselor in a stake presidency.

Besides his role as the founder of the Sutherland Institute, Swim also served as a member of the board of the Council for National Policy.

Swim also served on the board of the Deseret International Foundation and Enterprise Mentors.

Swim died of brain cancer at the age of 56.

Sources

* http://www.seekgod.ca/cnp.sn.htm
* [http://deseretnews.com/cgi-bin/cqcgi_plus/@plus.env?CQ_SESSION_KEY=UUJUECRZNYCG&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=1&CQ_TEXT_MAIN=YES "Deseret News", Obituary, February 8th, 2005]
* [http://deseretnews.com/cgi-bin/cqcgi_plus/@plus.env?CQ_SESSION_KEY=UUJUECRZNYCG&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=1&CQ_TEXT_MAIN=YES "Deseret News", Article on Swim's death, February 9th, 2005]


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