Stakes have been reorganized in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, and Peru, and in Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina and Utah.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS MICHIGAN STAKE: (March 6, 1994) President - Thomas C. Bithell, 47, senior vice president of company, succeeding David Nolan Olsen; former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, and seminary teacher, married Irene Lindsay. Counselors - John Charles Stansel, 58, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, elders quorum president, and Scout committee chairman, married June Renee Clark; Spencer Leroy Daines, 52, owner of company, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, Young Men president and counselor and stake missionary, married Sheila Kay Ward.CHONG JU KOREA STAKE: (March 6, 1994) President - Chung-Yul Hwang, 53, professor at Chungbuk National University, succeeding Soo Young Choi; former mission president's counselor, stake president, high councilor, and bishop, married Rosanne Taylor. Counselors - Yoon-Heon Song, 45, professor at Choongnam University, former stake president's counselor, bishop, branch president, and high priests group leader, married Myon Ja Byon; Jong Koo Lee, 54, assistant professor at Choongnam University, former high councilor, and branch president and counselor, married Myong Ja Lee.
CURITIBA BRAZIL PORTAO STAKE: (Feb. 20, 1994) President - Pedro Brassanini, retained. Counselors - Miled Latif Mechaileh, 32, business owner, former stake president's counselor, stake mission president, and bishop and counselor, married Marli Klehn Blind; Antonio Bernardo Santana Marques, 34, executive, former bishop's counselor, branch president, Young Men president, and Sunday School teacher, married Simmone Coehcl Arantes.
DAVENPORT IOWA STAKE: (March 13, 1994) President - Gale Roy Lewellen, 48, professor of anatomy at Palmer College of Chiropractic, succeeding Joel Ivan Orgill; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, bishop's counselor, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Janice MacDonald. Counselors - Kenneth H. Dietz, 70, executive vice president and consultant of bank, former stake president's counselor, assistant stake clerk, district president's counselor, bishop, and regional welfare agent, married Margaret H. Barrett; Keith Wayne Kerry, 54, supervisor at Aluminum Company of America, former high councilor, stake clerk, stake missionary, bishop's counselor, ward mission leader, and branch president, married Bonnie Gay Matthews.
JOPLIN MISSOURI STAKE: (Feb. 27, 1994) President - David Lester Tillman, 48, associate professor of biology at Missouri Southern State College, succeeding Harold W. Bodon; former patriarch, stake president's counselor, high councilor, and bishop and counselor, married Judith Shields. Counselors - Dale Wesley Rodman, 35, branch manager of sales, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake executive secretary, stake mission president, stake Young Men president, and ward mission leader, married Leann Pyrah; Morris Allen Bird, 53, accountant, former high councilor, branch president and counselor, and branch elders quorum president, married Betty Jean Dugger.
MANAUS BRAZIL STAKE: (Feb. 27, 1994) President - Walter Braga de Souza, 30, technical supervisor of copy machine company, succeeding Uilson Felipe Santiago; former district president, high councilor, bishop, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Semiramis Silva de Andrade. Counselors - Jadir Tavares de Oliveira, 35, professor, former stake president's counselor, branch president and counselor, and Young Men president, married Ivonete Oliveirn Costa Marcos; Jose Durate Carrazzoni, 33, production supervisor, former high councilor, Young Men president, and activities committee chairman, married Rejane de Fatima Souza.
NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA STAKE: (March 13, 1994) President - Brian Lawrence Hill, 48, electrical project supervisor for Alcan Australia, succeeding Jesse Clarence Little, Jr., former high councilor, bishop's counselor, branch president, high priests group leader, and Young Men president, married Dianne Marie Leman. Counselors - Pita Latu, 40, senior accountant for Church in Pacific Area, former bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, and Young Adult adviser, married Cheryl Joy McKillop; Jacobus Wilhelmus Rohner, 40, store manager, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Pamela Anne Phillips.
OSAKA JAPAN SAKAI STAKE: (Jan. 16, 1994) President - Kunio Minamimoto, 45, junior high school teacher, succeeding Tadashi Komatsu; former mission president's counselor, stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission leader, bishop, and branch president's counselor, married Tamiko Miyamoto. Counselors - Shigehiro Sugimoto, 43, product specialist for U.S. Surgical Corp., former high councilor, stake mission president's counselor, bishop and counselor, and high priests group leader and assistant, married Michiko Oowan; Nobuaki Ohsako, 44, dental technician, former high councilor, bishop, and branch president and counselor, married Junko Shimura.
RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA STAKE: (March 13, 1994) President - John Charles Taggart, 47, first vice president and associate general counsel of GE Capital Mortgage Corporation, succeeding W. Gerald Thornton; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Marilyn Whitehead. Counselors - Alan Kay Johnson, 43, marketing programmer at IBM, former high councilor, stake mission president and counselor, bishop's counselor, and Young Men president, married Beverly Ann Belnap; Harry John Maxwell Jr., 38, senior systems developer, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Patricia Kaye Peterson.
RICKS COLLEGE 1ST STAKE: (March 13, 1994) President - Verl Ray (Stan) Stanley, 62, science and engineering program manager, succeeding Clair Ogden Thueson; former executive secretary to regional representative, stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, high priests group leader, and Sunday School teacher, married Paula Floy Stanger. Counselors - Robert Don Hardy, 44, certified public accountant, former assistant stake clerk, bishop, ward clerk, elders quorum president's counselor, Young Men president and counselor, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Marwa Price; David Alan Christensen, 44, faculty member at Ricks College, former gospel essentials Church curriculum committee chairman, high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, and Scoutmaster, married Deena Bond.
RICKS COLLEGE 2ND STAKE: (March 13, 1994) President - Douglas Steven Ladle, 46, religion instructor at Ricks College, succeeding Robert L Pedersen; former curriculum writer for general Sunday School curriculum committee, stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor, high priests group instructor, Young Men president, and Sunday School teacher, married Carol Ann Davis. Counselors - Wesley Martell Belnap, 42, seminary principal, former bishop and counselor, seventies president, elders quorum president's counselor, Blazer B teacher, and cubmaster, married Marlena Ann Gage; Paul Scott Ferguson, 37, faculty member at Ricks College, former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop, elders quorum president, counselor and instructor, and Young Men president, married Julie Ann Johnson.
SALT LAKE CENTRAL STAKE: (March 13, 1994) President - Jeffrey Cheever Swinton, 46, attorney, succeeding Calvin Warren Guest; former stake president's counselor, stake executive secretary, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and branch president, married Heidi Sorensen. Counselors - Joseph Terry Summerhays, 54, owner of publishing company, former member of Tabernacle Choir, stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president's counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Anna Keddington; Ted Dunn Adams, 43, program director of Fitness Institute at LDS Hospital, former high councilor, and bishop and counselor, married Suzanne Swan.
SEOUL KOREA EAST STAKE: (March 6, 1994) President - Suk Koo Choi, 42, assistant professor of medicine, succeeding Bon Dong Koo; former stake mission president, stake Sunday School president's counselor, stake Korean group leader, and bishop, married Mi Young. Counselors - Woo Young Lee, 44, merchandiser, former stake president's counselor and bishop, married Jung Hee Im; Jin Woo Choi, 31, salesman, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Soon Ja Kim.
TRUJILLO PERU PALERMOE STAKE: (Feb. 27, 1994) President - Ricardo Azabache Espejo, 53, chief of security doors division in national door company, succeeding Jose Andres Neyra Zarate; former district president, stake president's counselor, bishop and branch president, married Bertha R. Ramirez Gonzalez. Counselors - Wilson Francisco Vinces Bejarano, 29, personnel manager, former high councilor, ward clerk, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Aicira Isabel Luque Alnaran; Ciro Melendez Flores, 36, business owner, former branch president and seminary teacher, married Ana Maria Castro Zavaleta.