BY THEIR FRUITS: LDS First Counselor Pres. Henry B. Eyring

President Henry B. Eyring was named as First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on February 4, 2008. Previously, he had served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to President Gordon B. Hinckley since October 6, 2007. He was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 April, 1995, having previously served as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy since 3 October, 1992.

President Eyring's career outside the Church has been primarily in the world of academia, as a Professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and President of Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, when it was a two-year degree-granting institution prior to its conversion to the four-year Brigham Young University-Idaho.

Born 31 May 1933, Princeton, New Jersey, the second child of Henry Eyring, then Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University and president of the American Chemical Society, and his wife Mildred Bennion

Master of Business Administration (1959), Doctor of Business Administration (1963), Harvard University

Member of Faculty, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1962 to 1971

Founder and Chairman, System Industries Incorporated (a computer manufacturing company)

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Member of Faculty, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1962 to 1971

Interesting timing on getting out of Palo Alto by sundown.

According to: http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/curseofcain_part3.htm On Nov. 13, 1969, Stanford University made its decision to boycott Brigham Young University because of its then-existent policies in regard to blacks.

The response from BYU according to this article? Ernest L. Wilkinson, President of BYU, was very disturbed with Stanford's action. In a speech delivered at BYU, Dr. Wilkinson stated: "During the past year or two, Brigham Young University has received national attention because of protests and boycotts involving our athletic teams...President Kenneth Pitzer...publicly announced to the nation that Stanford would no longer schedule competition with BYU...students from every state in the nation and 56 foreign countries have selected BYU as the university of their choice. Their color ranges from black to brown to yellow to white. Every race and so-called minority group is represented...True, there are not many black students on our campus. Just how many there are I do not know...Their decisions may have been based on their belief that their social life would be curtailed...as far as we know there is not a single negro family residing in the entire county in which BYU is located and this we are told by Negroes is an important factor in the decision black students make in not coming to BYU" (Daily Universe, Brigham Young University, December 15, 1969).

So besides Stanford, which schools joined in re: boycott of BYU by 1970? …Administrations of at least five colleges and universities accepted such recommendations and refused to schedule further games with BYU. Among these schools were Stanford University, California State University at Hayward, and the University of Washington...The immediate response from BYU officials to the protests was to dismiss them as part of a communist-inspired ploy to undermine the stability of the United States. "These people aren't after us. They're after America," said Coach Watts.

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