Dates

• Existence: 1939-

Biographical History

Gerald N. Lund (1939- ) is a popular fiction and non-fiction writer, a former Church Education System administrator, and former general officer of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gerald Niels Lund was born September 12, 1939, in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah to Jewell and Evelyn Lund. They later moved to Salt Lake City and then to Murray, Utah. After serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lund earned a bachelor's and later master's degree in sociology from Brigham Young University. He also got a degree in New Testament Studies from Pepperdine University and in Hebrew from the University of Judaism. In 1963, he married Retta Lynn Stanard, from Great Falls, Montana. They had seven children. Lund began teaching seminary in Salt Lake City in 1965 and continued to work for the Church Education System for the next 34 years, during which time he became an administrator and executive. Lund also wrote many popular books and articles during this time, including his best-selling series "The Work and the Glory," a Latter-day Saint fiction series. After retiring from his work in the Church Education System, Lund was called to serve as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2002 to 2008. He continued to write and publish successfully in both non-fiction and fiction. As of 2022, Gerald N. Lund was a resident of Alpine, Utah.

Citation:

His The coming of the Lord, 1971

His One in thine hand, c1982: CIP t.p. (Gerald N. Lund) pub. info. (b. 9/12/39)

Divine signatures, c2010: t.p. (Gerald N. Lund) jacket (Gerald N. Lund; B.A. and M.S. degrees in sociology from Brigham Young University; graduate work in New Testament studies at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California; studied Hebrew at University of Judaism in Hollywood, California; worked 35 years in Church Education System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as seminary teacher, institute teacher and director, director of college curriculum, zone administrator; prolific author)

Wikipedia, viewed 3 January 2011 (Gerld N. Lund; Gerald Niels Lund; born 12 September 1939; general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Second Quorum of the Seventy from 2002-2008 in Solihull, England (3 years) and Salt Lake City, Utah; currently lives in Alpine, Utah; popular LDS fiction writer; poetry writer)

Grampa Bill's GA Pages, via WWW, 1 July 2015 (Gerald Niels Lund was born September 12, 1939, in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah to Jewell and Evelyn Lund; later moved to Salt Lake City and then to Murray, Utah, where Lund grew up; after serving a mission for the LDS church, Lund earned a bachelor's and later master's degree in sociology from Brigham Young University; also got a degree in New Testament Studies from Pepperdine University and Hebrew from the University of Judaism; married Retta Lynn Stanard, from Great Falls, Montana in 1963; later had seven children; began teaching seminary in Salt Lake City in 1965 and continued to work for the Church Education System for the next 34 years, during which time he became an administrator and executive; also wrote many popular books and articles during this time, including his best-selling "The Work and the Glory" series; was called to serve as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy for the LDS church from 2002-2008 after retiring from his work in the Church Education System; Lund currently resides in Salt Lake City)

geraldnlund.com, via www, February 14, 2023 (He continued to write and publish successfully in both non-fiction and fiction)

UPB files, February 14, 2023 (Resides in Alpine, Utah as of 2022)

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