A new Young Men general presidency was sustained during the Saturday afternoon session, Oct. 3.
Elder Robert K. Dellenbach was sustained as the new Young Men general president, with Elder F. Melvin Hammond as first counselor and Elder John M. Madsen as second counselor. All three are members of the First Quorum of the Seventy.Elder Dellenbach succeeds Elder Jack H Goaslind of the Presidency of the Seventy, who was granted emeritus status the same day. The new general president, who was serving as first counselor in the Young Men general presidency, was called to the Seventy in 1990. In addition to his assignment with the Young Men, he serves as first counselor in the Utah North Area presidency.
Elder Hammond, who also serves as president of the North America Northwest Area, succeeds Elder Dellenbach as first counselor. Elder Hammond was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1989 and was sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1993.
Elder Madsen, who succeeds Elder Hammond as second counselor, was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1992 and to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1997. In addition to his assignment in Young Men, he is first counselor in the North America West Area.
