- F. Melvin Hammond
-
F. Melvin Hammond 
Hammond while a professor at Ricks CollegeSecond Quorum of the Seventy April 1, 1989 – April 3, 1993 Called by Ezra Taft Benson End reason Transferred to First Quorum of the Seventy First Quorum of the Seventy April 3, 1993 – October 1, 2005 Called by Ezra Taft Benson End reason Granted general authority emeritus status Emeritus General Authority October 1, 2005 – incumbent Called by Gordon B. Hinckley Personal details Born Floyd Melvin Hammond
December 19, 1933
Blackfoot, Idaho
Floyd Melvin ("Mel") Hammond (born 19 December 1933) was an Idaho politician and has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1989. He was the nineteenth general president of the church's Young Men organization from 2001 to 2004.Hammond was born in Blackfoot, Idaho. He served as a LDS Church missionary in the Spanish–American Mission of the church from 1954 to 1956. Hammond attended Ricks College and Brigham Young University. After graduating from BYU, Hammond became a professor of religion at Ricks College in 1966. He was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives for 16 years from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
In 1984, Hammond became the president of the Bolivia Cochabamba Mission of the church. Before his call as a general authority, Hammond was also a bishop, stake president, and Regional Representative of the Twelve Apostles. In 1989, he became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In 1993, he was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy, where he served until being granted general authority emeritus status in 2005.
From 1997 to 1998, Hammond was the second counselor to Jack H. Goaslind in the general presidency of the Young Men organization. From 1998 to 2001, he was the first counselor to general president Robert K. Dellenbach. In 2001, Hammond succeeded Dellenbach as the general president of the organization. Hammond served until 2004, when he was succeeded by Charles W. Dahlquist II. Hammond was the last general authority of the church to serve as general president of the Young Men.
In 2003, Hammond was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award by the Boy Scouts of America for his work in incorporating Scouting into the Young Men program of the LDS Church.
Since 2005, Hammond has been the president of the Washington D.C. Temple.
Hammond is married to Bonnie Sellers and is the father of six children.
References
- “Elder F. Melvin Hammond of the Second Quorum of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1989, 95
External links
General presidents of the Young Men organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wells (1876–1880) • Woodruff (1880–1898) • Snow (1898–1901) • J. F. Smith (1901–1918) • Ivins (1918–1921) • G. A. Smith (1921–1935) • Bowen (1935–1937) • Morris (1937–1948) • Curtis (1948–1958) • Bentley (1958–1962) • G. C. Smith (1962–1969) • Eldredge (1969–1972) • Backman (1972–1974) • Schaerrer (1977–1979) • Backman (1979–1985) • Featherstone (1985–1990) • Goaslind (1990–1998) • Dellenbach (1998–2001) • Hammond (2001–2004) • Dahlquist (2004–2009) • Beck (2009–)Emeritus general authorities1 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Abrea • Backman • Banks • Bateman • Bradford • Brewerton • Busche • Carmack • Child • Christensen • Clarke • Cook • Condie • Dellenbach • Didier • Featherstone • Groberg • Hafen • Hammond • Hansen • Hillam • Howard • Johnson • Kendrick • Kerr • Kofford • Larsen • Madsen • Mickelsen • Morrison • Neuenschwander • Pace •Paramore • Peterson • Pinegar • Poelman • Porter • Rector • Smith2 • Sorensen • Tingey • Wells • Wickman1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Most living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First Quorum of the Seventy.
2. Patriarch emeritus and former Patriarch to the Church; Smith is the oldest living general authority and the only emeritus general authority who was not a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.Categories:- 1933 births
- American Latter Day Saints
- American Mormon missionaries
- Bishops of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Brigham Young University alumni
- Brigham Young University–Idaho faculty
- General Presidents of the Young Men (organization)
- Living people
- Members of the Idaho House of Representatives
- Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Mission presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Mormon missionaries in Bolivia
- Mormon missionaries in the United States
- Regional representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Stake presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Temple presidents and matrons in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- Counselors in the General Presidency of the Young Men (organization)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
