Jack H. Goaslind Jr. (April 18, 1928 – April 27, 2011) was a general authority of

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(LDS Church) from 1978 until his death. He was the seventeenth general president of the church's

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from 1990 to 1998. Goaslind was born in

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, to Jack, Sr. and Anita Jane Jack. As a young man, Goaslind served as a

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for the LDS Church in the Western Canadian

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. Goaslind had been an avid skier since childhood and by choosing to serve a mission, he passed up a chance to train for the

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with the

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. After his mission, he graduated from the

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and became a vice president with Affiliated Metals, Inc. Goaslind married Gwen Bradford and they had six children. Goaslind served in the LDS Church as a

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and a regional representative. In 1972, he was called as second counselor to Young Men general president Robert L. Backman. When the church's presiding bishopric assumed supervision of the Young Men program in 1974, Goaslind was released and served as

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of the church's

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. In 1978, Goaslind became a general authority and member of the

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. From 1979 to 1981, he was second counselor to Hugh W. Pinnock in the general presidency of the church's

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. In 1985, he became a member of the seven-man

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, a position he held until 1987, when he became president of the church's

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. During this time, he oversaw placing Emmanuel A. Kissi in charge of the church's affairs in

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during "the freeze", when the government of Ghana forbade all meetings of the church. Goaslind also oversaw major humanitarian efforts of the church in

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."Elder Jack H. Goaslind, Jr. dies at age 83"
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'', April 28, 2011. In 1990, Goaslind succeeded Vaughn J. Featherstone as general president of the Young Men. During his eight-year tenure, Goaslind had seven different men as counselors, more than any other Young Men president in history. In 1995, Goaslind was again added to the Presidency of the Seventy. He was released from the Presidency of the Seventy and from the presidency of the Young Men in 1998, when he was granted general authority

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status. In the leadership of the Young Men, he was succeeded by Robert K. Dellenbach, his first counselor. From 2000 to 2003, Goaslind was

of the church's

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. In 1995, Goaslind was awarded the

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by the

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in recognition of his efforts to integrate

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into the church's Young Men program. In 2007, he was inducted into the

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by the Royal House of Braganza, which ruled

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until 1910. Goaslind was selected for his humanitarian efforts in the former Portuguese colony of

while he was the president of the British Isles–Africa Area. In 2011, Goaslind died in Salt Lake City at the age of 83.Scott Taylor
"Elder Jack H. Goaslind Jr., Mormon emeritus general authority, dies at 83"
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References

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* Marvin K. Gardner
"Elder Jack H. Goaslind Jr. of the First Quorum of the Seventy,"
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'', November 1978, p. 98
"Elder Jack H Goaslind, Elder Robert L. Backman of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy"
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'', November 1985, p. 100
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'', 1998-10-10 *R. Scott Lloyd
"'A model of diligence and hard work'"
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