Kevin J Worthen

Kevin J Worthen

Kevin J Worthen (born April 15, 1956)[1] is the 13th and current president of Brigham Young University (BYU).[2] He is also in the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He is an area seventy, which means that he helps watch over many church members.[3] Before he became the president of BYU, Worthen was the advancement vice president[4] and the dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School.[5]

Education and Law Experience

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Worthen was born in Dragerton, Utah, and he grew up in Price, Utah. He has four older brothers and sisters. He served as an LDS missionary in Monterrey, Mexico.[6] Worthen earned an associate degree from the College of Eastern Utah (CEU). While he was in college, Worthen worked as a coal miner during the summers.[6] He was a co-captain of the varsity basketball team. He graduated in 1978 with the best grades in his class.[7] After that, he went to BYU. He graduated in 1979 with highest honors (summa cum laude) with a bachelor's degree in political science.[8]

Worthen attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU.[7][9] He became a member of an honor society called the Order of the Coif.[7] In 1982, he again graduated with the highest honors (summa cum laude) and the best grades in his class. Then he worked as a law clerk (a lawyer who helps a judge make legal decisions) for Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also worked as a law clerk for Associate Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White.[8] From 1984 to 1987, Worthen worked as a lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona, for a law firm called Jennings, Strouss & Salmon.[10] Worthen found that he was very interested in the history of laws, so he decided that he wanted to teach law.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ Worthen, Kevin J. "Kevin J Worthen CV" (PDF). BYU Law. Brigham Young University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Hellewell, Emily (15 July 2014). "Inauguration of BYU President Kevin J Worthen to be September 9, 2014". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "New General Authorities Called, Primary General Presidency Reorganized". www.mormonnewsroom.org. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kevin J Worthen appointed Advancement VP at BYU". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Kevin J Worthen: Office of the President". president.byu.edu. Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Kevin J Worthen: Office of the President". president.byu.edu. Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Worthen, Kevin J. "Kevin J Worthen CV" (PDF). BYU Law. Brigham Young University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "University of Colorado Law Review vol. 76 issue 4". Colorado Law. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Walch, Tad (May 5, 2014), "BYU's new president hailed as brilliant, kind, compassionate", Deseret News, archived from the original on 13 February 2017
  10. ↑ "Kevin J Worthen J.D. Named Brigham Young University's 13th President". www.mormonnewsroom.org. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.