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August 4, 1899 Born near Whitney,
Idaho to George Taft Benson and Sara Dunkley Benson.
1914-1919 Attends and graduates
from Oneida Stake Academy in Preston,
Idaho.
1921 Attends Utah
Agricultural College (now USU) in Logan,
Utah.
1921-1923 Serves as a full-time
missionary in the British Mission.
Spring 1926 Graduates from BYU.
1926-1927 Attends the Iowa State
College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, graduating
with a master’s degree in agricultural economics.
1939-1943 Works as executive secretary for the
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in Washington, D.C.
1946 Dedicates Finland for the preaching of the gospel.
October 7, 1843 Ordained an Apostle
and set apart as a member of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles by President
Heber J. Grant.
1953-1961 Serves as the United States
secretary of agriculture under the leadership of President
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1966 Rededicates Italy for the preaching of the gospel.
December 30, 1973 Set apart as the President
of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
EZRA TAFT BENSONSeptember 10, 1926 Marries Flora Smith Amussen in the Salt
Lake Temple.
1930-1939 Employed as an agricultural
economist and specialist with the University of Idaho
Extension Division.
1969 Dedicates Singapore and
Indonesia for the preaching of the gospel.
1938-1939 President of Boise
Stake
1946 Serves as president of the European Mission, helping
to bring temporal and spiritual relief to Latter-day Saints after the devastation
of World War II.
November 10, 1985 Set apart as President of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
October 24, 1986 Dedicates the Denver
Colorado Temple.
August 28, 1987 Dedicates the Frankfurt
Germany Temple
October 2, 1988 Delivers his final general
conference address in person.
May 30, 1994 Dies at his home in Salt
Lake City, just shy of his 95th birthday.
August 14, 1992 His wife, Flora, passes
away.