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Gilliland, Steve Foster, 1939-

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Dates

  • Existence: 1939-

Biographical History

Steve Foster Gilliland (1939- ) worked for the Church Education System and was involved in Church family history research.

Steve Foster Gilliland was born on August 12, 1939 in Los Angeles, California to parents James Oscar Gilliland and Bessie Ellen Foster. He married Judy Kaye Morrison on December 18, 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gilliland attended Brigham Young University, where he submitted and published his Master's Thesis in 1966, titled A Study of Moral Development in Mormon Culture. Foster worked for the Church Education System and was involved in researching family histories of Latter-day Saints who settled throughout the West.

Citation:
UPB files, September 13, 2013 (worked for Church Education System; involved in Church family history research; researched Latter-day Saints who settled throughout West)

Redeaglejw.net/dat239, September 13, 2013 (born August 12, 1939; Los Angeles, California; father James Oscar Gilliland; mother Bessie Ellen Foster; married Judy Kaye Morrison on December 18, 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah)

Atom.lib.byu.edu/smh/id/12940, September 13, 2013 (attended Brigham Young University; submitted and published Master's Thesis, 1966; A Study of Moral Development in Mormon Culture)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mormon media coverage collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225546867]
Identifier: MSS 3288
Abstract Nine files containing miscellaneous material from newspapers and other sources on the LDS Church--mostly negative publicity. Includes articles on LDS prophet Ezra Taft Benson's dissident son, Steve Benson; Bo Gritz, ultra-conservative Mormon presidential candidate; Ervil LeBaron's Mormon break-off church, called the Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God; several letters written to CAN (Cult Awareness Network) by Mormon dissidents; polygamists in Colorado City; Clarence St. Pier Leake,...
Dates: approximately 1980-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon media coverage collection

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