From Deseret News archives:
The LDS Church's First Presidency
FIRST COUNSELOR, FIRST PRESIDENCY
Age 74, born in Princeton, N.J.
Bachelor's in physics, University of Utah; MBA and doctorate in business administration, Harvard
Assistant professor of business, Stanford
President, Ricks College, 1971-77, then LDS Church commissioner of education
First counselor, Presiding Bishopric, 1985-92
First Quorum of Seventy, 1992-95
Quorum of the Twelve, 1995-2007
Married Kathleen Johnson, six children
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
SECOND COUNSELOR, FIRST PRESIDENCY
Age 67, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Studied engineering, business administration and international management
German air force and commercial-airline pilot
Retired as Lufthansa senior vice president for flight operations and chief pilot
Second Quorum of Seventy, 1994-96
First Quorum of Seventy, 1996-2002
Presidency of the Seventy, 2002-04
Quorum of the Twelve, 2004-08
Married Harriet Reich, two children
Boyd K. Packer
PRESIDENT, QUORUM OF TWELVE APOSTLES
Age 83, born in Brigham City
Bachelor's and master's degrees from Utah State University; doctorate in educational administration, BYU
Pilot in Pacific during World War II
Former supervisor, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion
Assistant to the Twelve, 1961-70
Quorum of the Twelve, since 1970
Acting president of the Twelve, 1994-2008
Married Donna Smith, 10 children
