Jeffrey Holland

ABOUT JEFFREY HOLLAND

This prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints served in the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and also held office as President of Brigham Young University .

He received both his bachelor's degree in English and his master's degree in religious education from Brigham Young University. He went on to earn a doctorate in American Studies from Yale.

During the early 2000s, he lived and worked in Santiago, Chile.

His marriage to Patricia Terry resulted in a daughter named Mary and sons named Matthew and David.

He was called to the Mormon Church's First Quorum of the Seventy by then-LDS Church President Ezra Taft Benson .