By HILARY ROSS
President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at the Devotional Tuesday. His message is 'Learning for Eternity.'
President Faust has served as second counselor since March 12, 1995. Previously, he has served in the Council of the Twelve Apostles since September 1978 and served as an Assistant to the Twelve for four years. He was sustained as a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy Oct. 1, 1976.
Prior to becoming a general authority, President Faust served as a bishop, high councilor, stake president and Regional Representative.
While serving as a general authority, his assignments included managing director of the Melchizedek Priesthood, MIA, Zone Adviser over South America, president of the International Mission, executive director of the church Curriculum Department, editor of church magazines, vice chairman of the Welfare Committee and chairman of the Public Affairs committee.
President Faust presently serves as chairman of the Church Board of Education. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at BYU, the Welfare Services Executive Committee and Desert Management Corporation.
President Faust served as a missionary for the church in Brazil and later served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. where he was discharged as a first lieutenant.
President Faust graduated from the University of Utah in 1948 with a B.A. and Juris Doctorate degree. He practiced law in Salt Lake City until his appointment as a general authority.
He served as a member of the Utah Legislature, as an adviser to the American Bar Journal and was president of the Utah Bar Association from 1962-1963. At the same time, President Faust was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Racial Unrest. He received the Distinguished Lawyer Emeritus Award of the Utah Bar Association in 1995.
President Faust was a member of the Utah State Constitutional Revision Commission and was former vice president of the board of directors and chairman of the executive committee of the Deseret News Publishing Company.
In August 1997, he received an honorary doctorate degree from BYU.
The Devotional will be at 11 a.m. in the Marriott Center.