Background
Monson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Charles H. Monson and his wife, Ortencia H. Merrill.
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Monson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Charles H. Monson and his wife, Ortencia H. Merrill.
Monson attended the University of Utah, where he met his wife, Donna Mae Hill.
He was raised in that city, where he learned to play the violin and was in multiple orchestras conducted by Frank West. Asper. He later earned a bachelor"s degree from Iowa State University. In 1982 he became the head of the church"s Temple and Special Projects Division and was closely connected with building many temples in the 1980s.
He lived most of his adult life in Kearns, Utah, but in the early 1990s moved to Sandy, Utah.
From 2006 to 2009 Monson served as president of the Manila Philippines Temple.
He was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. Prior to his call as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, Monson had served as a bishop and a stake president