President Merrill J. Bateman and his wife, Marilyn, will speak at Devotional Tuesday Jan. 14 on the purposes and challenges of mortality.
After earning his bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Utah and his doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President Bateman taught at the University of Ghana, the U.S. Air Force, and BYU.
President Bateman was dean of the BYU School of Management from 1975-1979. He also headed his own consulting and capital management companies.
President Bateman has served in several church callings including bishop, stake high councilor, stake president and regional representative.
He served as Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before he was sustained as the 11th president of BYU in 1996. He currently serves in the First Quorum of the Seventy.
President Bateman was born in Lehi, Utah County. He and Sister Bateman have seven children and 26 grandchildren.
Devotional begins at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center. The Batemans' address will be titled 'Mortality and the Eternal Journey.' The rebroadcast will be Sunday, Jan. 19, at 6 and 11 a.m. on KBYU-TV.