He quoted the words of a hymn, ‘I need thee; O I need thee! “All phases of Church government—priesthood quorums, welfare, building construction, bishops’ training, genealogy, and so on—prospered under his leadership.

Finally he said, “Elder, I feel impressed to give you a very special assignment. “Our children were there—two with their eternal companions and the third kneeling at the altar, holding the hand of his wife to be.” There had been times in his boyhood when he had fancied himself a baseball hero, hitting a home run to win the seventh and decisive game of the World Series, and thinking that this would be the great moment of his life. I’d like to know what it is that is troubling you.” The elder talked out his problems for a long time. Lower Right: Elder Haight’s father, Hector C. Haight, in the 1890s.C. (A naval historian has observed that the United States’ secret weapon in the Pacific campaign was the efficiency with which the materiel flowed into the battle zones.) He became director of development at BYU in 1966, served on the former Church missionary committee and then as a Regional Representative of the Twelve, and was sustained an Assistant to the Council of the Twelve in April 1970. I’m the only one who gets to hear these ever more fervent prayers. David, whose grandfather was Mormon apostle David B. Haight, is an LDS mission president in Washington, D.C., the same post his father held decades earlier. President Haight would invite people to come in and talk with the students from early evening until midnight. He is dedicated to his work, but never agitated. Several years ago, the family patriarch said he expects his descendants to follow his lead and give back to the community through business, civic and charitable engagement. He gave up all of this when in 1963 President David O. McKay called him to preside over what was then the Scottish Mission.That mission demonstrated Elder Haight’s capacity to mold himself to the demands of a new assignment. (He was called to the Twelve on January 9, 1976.) He gets things in perspective. They have that capacity for relishing the present moment—they never ruin it by looking forward at what’s about to happen or backward at what’s past.” “Daddy would often have only a short time with the children,” says Robert, “but it was always quality, fun time. Not surprisingly, he hired her. The ordination of Elder Haight to the holy apostleship occurred Thursday, January 8, in the Salt Lake Temple, and came a little over five weeks … No decision has been made on his successor, but the position will be filled temporarily until a new chief is selected.Maj. He helps people to understand that they can deal successfully with the issues if they’ll face them. “They would prepare a barbecue for friends, and afterward we would talk under the stars. David’s mother was the former Clara Tuttle of Tooele, Utah. That is why he can insist, in his quiet and courteous way, that everyone face the issues and meet the problems head-on. David saw him in his roles of state senator, banker, and bishop as a solver of people’s problems. I made a commitment to the Lord that if I got out of the war alive and back with my family, the Church would always come first in my life.

He later flirted with running for Utah governor. He immediately asked her to have lunch, and that is how their courtship began.Her closest friends say that she has always been an unassuming and spiritual person. They are walking refutations of the popular idea that religious people are unfulfilled in this life and consequently have a need to believe in an afterworld. James now works on the distribution side of the movie business, following his father, in a sense, whose first venture was selling music albums in grocery stores.