Oscar A. Kirkham

Oscar A. Kirkham
First Council of the Seventy
October 5, 1941 (1941-10-05) – March 10, 1958 (1958-03-10)
Called by	Heber J. Grant
Personal details
Born	Oscar Ammon Kirkham January 22, 1880(1880-01-22) Lehi, Utah Territory, United States
Died	March 10, 1958(1958-03-10) (aged 78) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Oscar Ammon Kirkham (January 22, 1880 – March 10, 1958) was a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the seven presidents of Seventy.

Kirkham ca. 1936

Kirkham was born in Lehi, Utah Territory, to James Kirkham and his wife Mary Mercer. Oscar Kirkham was the younger brother of prominent educator and defender of the Book of Mormon Francis W. Kirkham. Kirkham was ordained a Seventy by Joseph W. McMurrin on February 26, 1905. After serving as a Mormon missionary in Germany and graduating from Brigham Young Academy, Kirkham studied music in Germany and then taught at the Latter-day Saints University. Kirkham was involved with Scouting at a high level, serving as a regional scout executive and on the U.S. national staff at the 1929 International Jamboree at Arrowe Park in Birkenhead, England, where he was in charge of the religious exercises of the American scouts.

Heber J. Grant installed Kirkham as one of the seven presidents of the Seventy on October 5, 1941. Marion D. Hanks had Kirkham's personal notes published as a book, Say the Good Word, to which Hanks wrote the forward.

Kirkham was also a longtime executive secretary in the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of the church. In addition, Kirkham was honored with an eponymously named building on the campus of Brigham Young University–Idaho.

References

• Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Oscar A. Kirkham