David A. Bednar

David A. Bednar
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Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2, 2004(2004-10-02) (aged 52) – incumbent
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
LDS Church Apostle
October 7, 2004(2004-10-07) (aged 52) – incumbent
Called by	Gordon B. Hinckley
Reason	Deaths of David B. Haight and Neal A. Maxwell[1]
Personal details
Born	David Allan Bednar June 15, 1952 (1952-06-15) (age 59) Oakland, California
Spouse	Susan Kae Robinson (1975-present)
Children	3

David Allan Bednar (born June 15, 1952) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Bednar was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve on October 2, 2004, the youngest man named to that body since Dallin H. Oaks in 1984. He was ordained an apostle on October 7, 2004 by Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. Bednar and Dieter F. Uchtdorf were called to fill the vacancies created by the July 2004 deaths of quorum members David B. Haight and Neal A. Maxwell.^[2] As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Bednar is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. He is the youngest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at this time. Currently, he is the twelfth most senior apostle in the ranks of the Church.

Prior church service

Bednar has served as a bishop (Fayetteville Ward, 1987), a stake president twice (Fort Smith Arkansas Stake, 1987–1991 and Rogers Arkansas Stake, 1991–1995), a regional representative of the Twelve (1994–1995), and an area seventy. During his time as a bishop, stake president, and regional representative, Bednar was an associate dean at the University of Arkansas. He was an area seventy from 1997 to 2004 while he was president of Ricks College which had its name changed to Brigham Young University–Idaho during his tenure.

Personal history

Bednar was born on 15 June 1952, in Oakland, California. His mother came from a long line of Latter-day Saints, but Bednar's father did not join the church until Bednar was in his late twenties. He served as a full-time missionary in Southern Germany and then attended Brigham Young University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication in 1976 and a Master of Arts degree in organizational communication in 1977. He then received a Doctorate in organizational behavior from Purdue University in 1980.

From 1980 to 1984, Bednar was the assistant professor of management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business (then College of Business Administration) at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He became assistant professor of management at Texas Tech University from 1984 to 1986. He then moved back to the University of Arkansas as the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the Sam M. Walton College of Business from 1987 to 1992 and was then the director of the Management Decision-Making Lab from 1992 to 1997. In 1994, he was recognized as the outstanding teacher at the University of Arkansas and received the Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has twice been the recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award in the College of Business Administration.

Bednar then served as the president of Ricks College/Brigham Young University–Idaho from 1997 to 2004 in Rexburg, Idaho. There, he oversaw and managed the transition of the school from, what was at the time, the largest private junior college in the United States, Ricks College, to a four year university, Brigham Young University-Idaho.

Bednar married Susan Kae Robinson in the Salt Lake Temple on 20 March 1975. They are the parents of three sons.

Oratorio

In the fall of 2009 the BYU-Idaho choirs and orchestras performed an oratorio with words by Bednar and music by Robert Cundick.^[3]

Works

Books

• Sims, Ronald R.; White, Donald D.; Bednar, David A. (1992), Readings in Organizational Behavior, Allyn & Bacon, ISBN 0-205-12857-2 
• White, Donald D.; Bednar, David A. (1991), Organizational Behavior: Understanding and Managing People at Work, Allyn & Bacon, ISBN 0-205-12851-3 

Academic articles

• Bednar, David A; Roach, David W (1997), "The Theory of Logical Types: A Tool for Understanding Levels and Types of Change in Organizations", Human Relations (SAGE Publications) 50 (6): 671, OCLC 437562507 
• Reeves, Carol A; Bednar, David A (1996), "Keys to Market Success -- A Response and Another View", Journal of Retail Banking (Arlington, VA: Consumer Bankers Association in cooperation with the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia) 18 (4): 33, OCLC 91490898 
• Bednar, David A; Reeves, Carol A; Lawrence, R Cayce (1995), "The Role of Technology in Banking -- Listen to the Customer", Journal of Retail Banking (Arlington, VA: Consumer Bankers Association in cooperation with the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia) 17 (3): 35, OCLC 91801203 
• Reeves, Carol A; Bednar, David A (1995), "Quality as Symphony", The Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly (Ithaca, NY: School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University) 36 (3): 72, OCLC 87629925 
• Reeves, Carol A; Bednar, David A (July 1994), "Defining Quality: Alternatives and Implications", Academy of Management Review 19 (3): 419–445, JSTOR 258934, OCLC 482675183 
• White, Donald D.; Bednar, David A. (Winter 1984), "Locating problems with quality circles", National Productivity Review 4 (1): 45–52, doi:10.1002/npr.4040040106, OCLC 4663049108 
• Bednar, David A.; Curington, William P. (April 1983), "Interaction Analysis: A Tool for Understanding Negotiations", Industrial and Labor Relations Review 36 (3): 389–401, JSTOR 2523018, OCLC 424819759 
• Bednar, David A (Fall 1982), "Relationships between Communicator Style and Managerial Performance in Complex Organizations: A Field Study", Journal of Business Communication 19 (4): 51–76, OCLC 424921115 

Religious articles

• Bednar, David A. (May 2011), "The Spirit of Revelation", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2011/05/the-spirit-of-revelation?lang=eng 
•    (November 2010), "Receive the Holy Ghost", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2010/11/receive-the-holy-ghost?lang=eng 
•    (September 2010), ""Line upon Line, Precept upon Precept" (2Nephi 28:30)", New Era, http://lds.org/new-era/2010/09/line-upon-line-precept-upon-precept-2nephi-2830?lang=eng 
•    (June 2010), "Things as They Really Are", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2010/06/things-as-they-really-are?lang=eng 
•    (May 2010), "Watching with All Perseverance", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2010/05/watching-with-all-perseverance?lang=eng 
•    (February 2010), "Learning to Love Learning", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2010/02/learning-to-love-learning?lang=eng 
•    (November 2009), "More Diligent and Concerned at Home", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2009/11/more-diligent-and-concerned-at-home?lang=eng 
•    (May 2009), "Honorably Hold a Name and Standing", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2009/05/honorably-hold-a-name-and-standing?lang=eng 
•    (November 2008), "Pray Always", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2008/11/pray-always?lang=eng 
•    (June 2008), "Special Witness: Our Bodies Are Temples, and the Spirit of the Lord Should Dwell There and Shine Through", Ensign, http://lds.org/friend/2008/06/special-witness-our-bodies-are-temples-and-the-spirit-of-the-lord-should-dwell-there-and-shine-through?lang=eng 
•    (May 2008), "Ask in Faith", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2008/05/ask-in-faith?lang=eng 
•    (January 2008), "Steadfast and Immovable, Always Abounding in Good Works", Ensign, http://lds.org/new-era/2008/01/steadfast-and-immovable-always-abounding-in-good-works?lang=eng 
•    (November 2007), "Clean Hands and a Pure Heart", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2007/11/clean-hands-and-a-pure-heart?lang=eng 
•    (October 2007), "The Glory of God Is Intelligence", The Friend, http://lds.org/friend/2007/10/the-glory-of-god-is-intelligence?lang=eng 
•    (September 2007), "Seek Learning by Faith", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2007/09/seek-learning-by-faith?lang=eng 
•    (May 2007), "Ye Must Be Born Again", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2007/05/ye-must-be-born-again?lang=eng 
•    (December 2006), "Quick to Observe", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2006/12/quick-to-observe?lang=eng 
•    (November 2006), "And Nothing Shall Offend Them", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2006/11/and-nothing-shall-offend-them?lang=eng 
•    (June 2006), "Marriage Is Essential to His Eternal Plan", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2006/06/marriage-is-essential-to-his-eternal-plan?lang=eng 
•    (May 2006), "That We May Always Have His Spirit to Be with Us", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2006/05/that-we-may-always-have-his-spirit-to-be-with-us?lang=eng 
•    (April 2006), "Because We Have Them before Our Eyes", New Era, http://lds.org/new-era/2006/04/because-we-have-them-before-our-eyes?lang=eng 
•    (November 2005), "Becoming a Missionary", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2005/11/becoming-a-missionary?lang=eng 
•    (October 2005), "Be Honest", New Era, http://lds.org/new-era/2005/10/be-honest?lang=eng 
•    (May 2005), "The Tender Mercies of the Lord", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2005/05/the-tender-mercies-of-the-lord?lang=eng 
•    (November 2004), "In the Strength of the Lord", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2004/11/in-the-strength-of-the-lord?lang=eng 
•    (September 2001), "Ye Are the Temple of God", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2001/09/ye-are-the-temple-of-god?lang=eng 

See also

• Council on the Disposition of the Tithes

Notes

1. ^ Bednar and Dieter F. Uchtdorf were ordained on the same date to fill the vacancies created by the deaths of Haight and Maxwell.
2. ^ Hinckley, Gordon B. (November 2004), "Condition of the Church", Ensign: 4, http://lds.org/ensign/2004/11/condition-of-the-church?lang=eng 
3. ^ Holman, Marianne (31 October 2009), "New sacred music", Church News, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58148/New-sacred-music.html 

References

• Elder David A. Bednar, "Official Biographies for leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", Newsroom (LDS Church), http://newsroom.lds.org/leader-biographies/elder-david-a-bednar 
• Biography: David A. Bednar, "Past Presidents", Office of the President (BYU-Idaho), http://www.byui.edu/president/presbio.html 
• Eyring, Henry B. (March 2005), "Elder David A. Bednar: Going Forward in the Strength of the Lord", Ensign: 17, http://lds.org/ensign/2005/03/elder-david-a-bednar-going-forward-in-the-strength-of-the-lord?lang=eng 

External links

Media related to David A. Bednar at Wikimedia Commons

• Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: David A. Bednar
• Bednar on Special Witnesses of Christ

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Dieter F. Uchtdorf	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles October 2, 2004—	Succeeded by Quentin L. Cook
Academic offices
Preceded by Steven D. Bennion	President of Brigham Young University–Idaho 1997 – 2004	Succeeded by Kim B. Clark