Background
Shumway was born in Holbrook, Arizona.
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Eric Shumway
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Shumway received bachelors and masters degrees in English from Brigham Young University in 1964 and 1966 and a Doctor of Philosophy in English from the University of Virginia in 1973.
Career
After his mission, Shumway married Carolyn Merrill, and they are the parents of seven children. Shumway began his association with Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 1966 as an instructor in the English Department. In 1968, Shumway became the first bishop of the church"s Hauula 2nd Ward.
From 1973 to 1977 he served on the high council of the Laie Hawaii Stake.
In 1977, when the first student stake at Brigham Young University-Hawaii was organized, Shumway became the stake president From 1986 to 1989 Shumway served as president of the Tonga Nukuʻalofa Mission.
From 2004 to 2007, Shumway served as an area seventy in the church"s North America West Area, which included Hawaii and California. Shumway served as Academic Vice President at Brigham Young University-Hawaii immediately prior to his appointment as the university"s president
Shumway had also served on the board of directors of the Polynesian Cultural Center.
During Shumway"s tenure as president of Brigham Young University-Hawaii, the school focused on increasing the percentage of students from outside the United States. Among other programs, there were scholarships granted where officials of foreign governments were allowed to help determine who received the scholarship. Thailand was among the countries included in this initiative.
Shumway edited a book entitled Tongan Saints: Legacy of Faith, a collection of the experiences of various Latter-day Saints in Tonga that was published as part of the celebration of the church"s centennial in Tonga.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints