- Elaine S. Dalton
Elaine Schwartz Dalton (born
1 November ,1946 ) has been the thirteenth president of the Young Women organization ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2008. From 2002 to 2008, Dalton was a counselor toSusan W. Tanner in the general presidency of the Young Women.Elaine Schwartz was born in Ogden,
Utah . She earned a degree in English fromBrigham Young University and onSeptember 13 ,1968 , married Stephen E. Dalton in theSalt Lake Temple .At the October 2002 LDS Church general conference, Dalton was accepted by the church as the second counselor to
Susan W. Tanner , the newly-called general president of theYoung Women organization . OnMarch 31 ,2007 , Dalton became Tanner's first counselor when former first counselorJulie B. Beck was released to become the new general president of theRelief Society of the church. When Tanner was released onApril 5 ,2008 , Dalton succeeded her as the president of the organization. Dalton's counselors areMary N. Cook andAnn M. Dibb .Dalton is the mother of six children.
References
* [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=c17cee9ba42fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1 “Elaine Schwartz Dalton: Second Counselor, Young Women General Presidency,”] "Liahona", Nov. 2002, 125.
* [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=5cddb5658af22110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1 “The Sustaining of Church Officers,”] "Ensign", May 2007, 4–6.
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