Background
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Neuenschwander grew up in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah.
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Dennis Bramwell Neuenschwander
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Upon returning to Utah, Neuenschwander earned degrees from Weber State University and Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University), and in 1974 earned a Doctor of Philosophy in eastern European languages from Syracuse University.
Career
In 1987, Neuenschwander was appointed president of the church"s Austria Vienna East Mission, which at the time included Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, and Cyprus. In the early 1990s, Neuenschwander was asked to assist the church in expanding missionary work into Bulgaria, Romania, and parts of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1994, he was transferred to the First Quorum of Seventy. Neuenschwander was designated as an emeritus general authority during the church"s October 2009 general conference.
On July 13, 2007, Neuenschwander"s wife of 44 years, LaFollette Clement, died of cancer in Salt Lake City and was buried in the Centerville Memorial Park in Centerville, Utah.
On August 1, 2008, Neuenschwander married Joni Kay Lee in the Salt Lake Temple.
Membership
In 1991, Neuenschwander was called as a general authority of the church and member of the Second Quorum of Seventy. From 2000 to 2004, he was a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy, and he has served in the area presidency of a number of areas of the church, including eastern Europe.
