Thomas S. Monson in his youth.
Thomas S. Monson on his bike as a young boy.
Born Aug. 21, 1927, to G. Spencer and Gladys Condie Monson in Salt Lake City; two brothers and three sisters.
Enrolled in 1944 at the University of Utah at age 17.
Thomas S. Monson served in the United States Navy near the close of World War II.
Graduation of Thomas S. Monson from West High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elder Thomas S. Monson - Member of the Twelve Apostles - Received - April 5, 1969.
Thomas S. Monson in his youth. Fishing was a lifelong hobby.
Thomas S. Monson gives an emotional talk in the semi-annual general conference after being sustained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles - October 10, 1963.
Elder Thomas S. Monson - Member of the Twelve Apostles - Tribune File Photo - Received - June 29, 1968.
Served in the Naval Reserve from 1945 to 1946.
Graduated from the U. in 1948 with a business degree.
Became president of the church’s Canadian Mission in 1959 at age 31.
Named bishop of west Salt Lake City’s Sixth-Seventh Ward in 1950 at age 22.
Married Frances Beverly Johnson on Oct. 7, 1948, in the Salt Lake Temple.
Ordained an apostle in October 1963 at age 36. During his decades of service, he supervised missions and the publication of Mormon scriptures.
Appointed to presidency of west Salt Lake City’s Temple View Stake in 1955 at age 27.
Elder Thomas S. Monson with his wife and three children, Thomas, Ann, and Clark, just before son Thomas’s mission to Italy.
President Thomas S. Monson and Jesse Jackson - Tribune File Photo - Received - June 15 1988
Left to right, President Gordon B. Hinkley, President George Bush, President Thomas S. Monson - September 19, 1991
Left to right, Gordon B. Hinckley, President Howard W. Hunter, and Thomas S. Monson - Bountiful Utah Temple - January 10, 1995
President Thomas S. Monson embraces Adele Putnam after her family’s home is renovated by the Extreme Makeover by the Gingerbread House Project. - 2005
President Thomas S. Monson speaks at the General Relief Society Meeting at the LDS Conference Center Saturday Evening. - September 2007
President Thomas S. Monson pauses to patiently answer some questions from the media who had gathered to see him dedicate the new LDS temple in Rexburg, Idaho. - February 10, 2008
President Thomas S. Monson walks out after the funeral services for LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley at the Salt Lake City LDS Conference Center. - February 2, 2008
President Thomas S. Monson and his wife Frances, stride up the walkway to the new LDS temple in Rexburg, Idaho. - February 10, 2008
Elder Thomas S. Monson - LDS General Conference - April 22, 1980.
President Thomas S. Monson and his wife, Frances, in front of the Salt Lake Temple, where they married Oct. 7, 1948.
President Thomas S. Monson reads a talk by President Ezra Taft Benson when Monson was serving as Second Counselor. - Tribune File Photo - 1994
President Thomas S. Monson - 1997
President Gordon B. Hinckley talks with Thomas S. Monson after delivering his speech during the LDS semiannual general conference Sunday morning. - April 2007
President Thomas S. Monson, and his wife, Frances, walk away from the cornerstone after it was laid in a ceremony at the new Draper Temple. - July 2007
President Thomas S. Monson contemplates the casket of his friend and prophet President Gordon B. Hinckley just after the casket was delivered to the Conference Center. - February 2, 2008
President Thomas S. Monson (center) is flanked by Henry B. Eyring (left) and Dieter F. Uchtdorf (right), after Monson was named 16th President of the LDS Church. February 4, 2008
Replaced Ezra Taft Benson in 1969 on Boy Scouts’ National Executive Board.
Received Scouts’ Silver Beaver Award in 1971 followed by Silver Buffalo in 1978 and the Bronze Wolf in 1993.
Participated in dedication of the Frieberg Temple, the first Mormon temple behind the then-Iron Curtain in 1985.
Named by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to the Task Force for Private Sector Initiatives.
Became first counselor to LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley in 1995.
Earned an MBA in 1974 from Brigham Young University.
Joined First Presidency under LDS President Howard W. Hunter in 1994.
Created first stake in communist East Germany in 1982.
Ordained 16th president of the LDS Church on Feb. 3, 2008, at age 80.
President George W. Bush greets President Thomas S. Monson at the church’s headquarters. - May 29, 2008
Right to left, William R. Walker, President Thomas S. Monson and Deiter F. Uchtdorf presided over the traditional mortar ritual at the first dedication session for the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. - August 21, 2009
President Thomas S. Monson - 2009
President Thomas S. Monson (center), with Henry B. Eyring (left) and Dieter F. Uchtdorf (right), at the annual Conference Center for the annual Christmas Devotional. - December 6, 2009
President Thomas S. Monson was given an honorary degree in humanities at the Weber State University's commencement. - April 23, 2010
President Thomas S. Monson waves goodbye to those attending the afternoon session of the 181st Semiannual LDS General Conference. - October 2, 2011
President Thomas S. Monson greets Elder Richard G. Scott after a session of the LDS General Conference. - April 2013
President Thomas S. Monson delivers his talk "Ponder the path of thy feet" at the end of the morning session of the 184th Semiannual LDS General Conference. - October 5, 2014
President Thomas S. Monson salutes the crowd during the 185th Annual LDS General Conference. - April 4, 2015
President Thomas S. Monson walks off of the stage with his daughter Ann M. Dibb during afternoon session of the 185th LDS General Conference. - October 3, 2015.
President Thomas S. Monson (center) is flanked by Henry B. Eyring (left) and Dieter F. Uchtdorf (right), after Monson was named 16th President of the LDS Church. February 4, 2008
LDS Church President Thomas Monson waves to the audience after speaking during the closing session of the LDS General Conference. - October 5, 2008
President Thomas S. Monson leaves the conference center with his wife, Frances, on his arm after the morning session of the 179th Semiannual General Conference. - October 2009
President Thomas S. Monson waves to the attendees as he leaves the morning session of the 181st Annual LDS General Conference. - April 2, 2011
President Thomas S. Monson visits with Scott Daw of Herriman and Daw's 1-year-old son, Brennan Daw. - August 2012
President Thomas S. Monson greets a young girl during the morning session of the 184th Semiannual LDS General Conference. - April 5, 2014
President Thomas S. Monson (center) with Henry B. Eyring (left) and Dieter F. Uchtdorf (right), at the 185th LDS General Conference. - April 5, 2015
President Thomas S. Monson speaks at the 185th Semiannual LDS General Conference. - October 4, 2015
President Thomas S. Monson (center), is joined by Second Counselor Dieter F. Uchtdorf (left), and his daughter Ann Dibb (right) as the University of Utah unveils the newly refurbished Enos A. Wall Mansion. - August 2016
President Thomas S. Monson (center) with Henry B. Eyring (left) and Dieter F. Uchtdorf (right), share a few words prior to the start of the second session of the LDS General Conference. - October 2, 2010
President Thomas S. Monson waves as he rides in the Days of '47 Parade in Salt Lake City. - May 2008
Announced in October 2012 the historic lowering of the age for full-time missionaries to 18 for men and 19 for women.
Selected three Utahns to fill openings in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 2015.
Dedicated the Church History Library in downtown Salt Lake City in June 2009, using pulpit from his old Sixth-Seventh Ward chapel.
Saw his wife of 64 years die in May 2013.
Oversaw the implementation in November 2015 of a new policy labeling same-sex LDS couples “apostates” and generally precluding their children from Mormon religious rites until age 18.
Partially broke with the Boys Scouts of America in May 2017 as the faith dropped the Varsity and Venturing programs and worked toward developing a global approach to serve Mormonism’s teenage boys and girls.
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