From Deseret News archives:
LDS sustain and release general authorities
They succeed Elders John H. Groberg and David E. Sorensen, whose releases also were previously announced.
Released from the First Quorum of the Seventy on Saturday were Elders Groberg and Sorensen, along with Elders F. Melvin Hammond, Harold G. Hillam and F. Burton Howard. Each was named an emeritus general authority of the church.
Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy who also were released: Elders Darwin B. Christenson, Adhemar Damiani, H. Aldridge Gillespie, Stephen B. Oveson, Ned B. Roueche and Dennis E. Simmons.
Elder Rasband, 42, was called to the Seventy in April 2000. He supervises the North America West and North America Northwest areas. He was an executive director of the Temple Department, president of the Utah Salt Lake City Area and a counselor in the Europe Central Area. From 1996-99 he presided over the New York New York North Mission. He was born in Salt Lake City and attended the University of Utah. He received an honorary doctorate of business and commerce from Utah Valley State College. He and his wife, Melanie, have five children and nine grandchildren.
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