Biographical History

Neal A. Maxwell (1926-2004) was an academic administrator and ecclesiastical leader in Utah.

Citation:

His Regionalism in the United States Senate: the West, 1961.

On becoming a disciple-scholar, 1995: cover (Neal A. Maxwell) p. 103 (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, B.S. & M.S., pol. sci., Univ. of Utah)

Wikipedia, website viewed 11 August 2011 (Neal A. Maxwell; Neal Ash Maxwell; born July 6, 1926, Salt Lake City, Utah; died July 21, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah; General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, April 6, 1974-October 1, 1976; First Quorum of the Seventy, October 1, 1976-July 23, 1981; Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, July 23, 1981-July 21, 2004; infantryman in United States Army in World War II-saw action in Okinawa; B.A. and M.A. in political science from University of Utah; worked in Washington, D.C. for the US government and as an assistant to Senator Wallace F. Bennett, 1952-1956; professor of Political Science at the University of Utah--also director of publication relations (1956), Assistant to the President (1958), secretary to the Board of Trustees (1961), dean of students (1962), Executive Vice-president (1967); Commissioner of Church Education over the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1970-1974; author; honorary doctor of laws from University of Utah; honorary doctor of letter from Westminster College; honorary doctor of laws from Brigham Young University; honorary doctor of humanities form Utah State University; honorary degree from Ricks College; honorary degree from Salt Lake Community College; business career as dirctor of Questar Corporation, Questar Pipeline, and Deseret News Publishing Company; chairman of the Utah Constitutional Revision Commission)

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