By LAUREN COMSTOC
President Thomas S. Monson, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will speak at a CES Fireside Sunday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Marriott Center.
Monson will give the address at this month’s 19-stake fireside. He has served as counselor in the First Presidency since Nov. 10, 1985.
President Monson was called to be an apostle on Oct. 4, 1963, at age 36, and served 22 years in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
President Monson was born Aug. 21, 1927, to G. Spencer and Gladys Condie Monson in Salt Lake City.
He graduated cum laude from the University of Utah in business management and received an MBA from BYU. He later received an honorary doctor of law degree from BYU in April 1981.
He and his wife, Frances Beverly Johnson, are parents of three children.
President Monson also served in the United States Navy during World War II. He currently serves as chairman of the board of Deseret News Publishing Co. and is a trustee of BYU, Ricks College and the LDS Church Board of Education. He is also on the National Executive Board of the Boys Scouts of America.
KBYU-TV (Channel 11) and KBYU-FM (89.1) will broadcast the fireside live. The fireside will be rebroadcast on Feb. 18 at 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. and at 9 p.m. by KBYU-FM.
