The First Presidency has announced the call of eight more mission presidents. The new presidents and their wives will be assigned to specific missions later and will begin their service about July 1. Those called are:
Kenneth S. Armstrong, 55, Bluewater Bay Branch, Port Elizabeth South Africa District; district president's counselor, former district president, district institute supervisor, district Young Men president, mission Young Men president's counselor, bishop, branch president and counselor, Sunday School teacher, and institute teacher; received commercial art diploma; self-employed training consultant; born in Springs, Transvaal, South Africa, a son of Ernest Leslie and Phyllis Cora Futter Armstrong; married Muriel D. Dalldorf, five children. She is a district Primary president, former district Relief Society president's counselor, district Young Women president, district Primary president, branch Relief Society president, and early morning seminary teacher; attended Johannesburg Nurses Training College and Port Elizabeth Technikon; branch manager for charity fund-raising company; born in Springs, Transvaal, South Africa, a daughter of Gustav Carl and Margaret Keen Dalldorf.Max P. Brough, 51, Barnes Park Ward, Kaysville Utah Stake; stake president's counselor, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, Young Men president's counselor, and Scoutmaster; served in Central British Mission, 1960-62; vice president of health strategies company; earned bachelor's degree from the University of Utah; born in Randolph, Utah, a son of Richard Muir and Gwendolyn Kearl Hanney Brough; married Rosanna Kennedy, six children. She is a stake Young Women president's counselor, former Relief Society president and counselor, Young Women president's counselor, Primary president's counselor, and Relief Society teacher; attended Weber State College; born in Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Ernest E. and Inza Norris Kennedy.
Phillip J. Bryson, 53, Provo Canyon Ward, Provo Utah Edgemont North Stake; assistant high priests group leader, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake missionary, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president; served in Germany North and Germany Berlin mission, 1960-62; professor of managerial economics at BYU; earned bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and doctorate from Ohio State University; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Ivan Miles and Violet Ellen Peterson Bryson; married Patricia Anderson, seven children. She is a temple missionary and Relief Society teacher, former stake Relief Society president and teacher, stake Relief Society choir director, ward Relief Society president's counselor and teacher, ward Primary president and teacher, and Sunday School teacher; earned bachelor's degree from the University of Utah; born in Richfield, Utah, a daughter of Valentine Clair and Ruby Christiansen Anderson.
Gary D. Kennedy, 39, Potomac North Ward, Washington D.C. Stake; seminary teacher, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, Young Men president, Sunday School teacher;
served in Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission, 1972-74; chairman, president, and chief executive officer of systems integration firm; earned bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and master's degree from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management; born in Evanston, Wyo., a son of Franklin Dee and Sydnee Ann Mower Kennedy; married Jane Adams, four children. She is a Young Women president's counselor, former Relief Society president's counselor and teacher, and Sunday School teacher; earned bachelor's degree from Utah State University; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of Allan Nebeker and Helen Mabey Adams. Trent D. McKittrick, 42, Billings 5th Ward, Billings Montana Stake; bishop, former mission president's counselor, high councilor, stake executive secretary, high priests group leader, elders quorum president's counselor, ward Young Men president, and Scoutmaster; served in Switzerland Geneva Mission, 1974-76; earned doctorate of chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic; proprietor of chiropractic firm; born in Columbus, Mont., a son of Gwen Daniel and Mildred Ruth Kirch McKittrick; married Donna Vi Truax, four children. She is a Sunday School teacher, former stake and ward Young Women president's counselor, Young Women adviser, Primary president, Sunday School teacher, and nursery leader; bookkeeper; born in Williston, N.D., a daughter of Norman Bernard and Norma Marie Nelson Truax. Leo Merrill, 62, Orem 4th Ward, Orem Utah Sharon Stake; Sunday School president, former high councilor, bishop, branch president's counselor, assistant high priests group leader, elders quorum president, Sunday School teacher, and Scoutmaster; served in West Central States Mission, 1953-55; assistant director of research and development laboratory; earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the State University of New York at Albany, and doctorate from the University of Rochester; born in Westport, N.Y., a son of Walton Rutherford and Della Elaine Stevens Merrill; married Marie Ricks, four children. She is a Relief Society president's counselor, former Relief Society president, teacher and pianist, Young Women president and teacher, Primary president, counselor and teacher, and Sunday School teacher; elementary school teacher; attended Ricks College, earned bachelor's and master's degrees from BYU; born in Rexburg, Idaho, a daughter of Ellis Kenneth and Juanita Martha Anderson Ricks. Glenn N. Rowe, 44, South Jordan 12th Ward, South Jordan Utah Stake; area president's executive secretary, former stake president's counselor, bishop, high priests group leader, Primary teacher, and Scout advancement chairman; director of special projects for the Church Historical Department; earned bachelor's and master's degrees from BYU; born in Bellingham, Wash., a son of Delos Allen and Mary Alice Pratt Rowe; married Melody Ann Carr, four children. She is a former stake Primary president's counselor, Relief Society president's counselor and teacher, Primary president's counselor, teacher and chorister, and Cub Scout leader; earned associate degree from BYU; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of Warren Farrell and Frances Beattie Davis Carr. Lawrence E. Stevens, 64, Monument Park 17th Ward, Salt Lake Monument Park North Stake; ward mission leader, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Sunday School president, district president, bishop, high priests group leader, and priests quorum adviser; chairman of department of surgery at LDS Hospital; earned bachelor's degree and medical doctorate from the University of Utah; born in Holden, Utah, a son of William Elbert and Elizabeth Bishop Stevens; married Virginia Bird, six children. She is a nursery leader, former stake Relief Society president's counselor, ward Relief Society president, Young Women president, Sunday School teacher, ward newsletter coordinator, and nursery leader; earned bachelor's degree from the University of Utah; born in Kanosh, Utah, a daughter of Howard D. and Pearl Emily Barney Bird.