Background
Goaslind was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Jack, Senior and Anita Jane Jack.
Goaslind was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Jack, Senior and Anita Jane Jack.
After his mission, he graduated from the University of Utah and became a vice president with Affiliated Metals, Incorporated. Goaslind married Gwen Bradford and they had six children.
He was the seventeenth general president of the church"s Young Men organization from 1990 to 1998. Goaslind had been an avid skier since childhood and by choosing to serve a mission, he passed up a chance to train for the Olympics with the United States Ski Team. In 1972, he was called as second counselor to Young Men general president Robert L. Backman.
When the church"s presiding bishopric assumed supervision of the Young Men program in 1974, Goaslind was released and served as president of the church"s Arizona Tempe Mission.
From 1979 to 1981, he was second counselor to Hugh West. Pinnock in the general presidency of the church"s Sunday School. During this time, he oversaw placing Emmanuel A. Kissi in charge of the church"s affairs in Ghana during "the freeze", when the government of Ghana forbade all meetings of the church.
In 1990, Goaslind succeeded Vaughn J. Featherstone as general president of the Young Men. During his eight-year tenure, Goaslind had seven different men as counselors, more than any other Young Men president in history.
In 1995, Goaslind was again added to the Presidency of the Seventy.
He was released from the Presidency of the Seventy and from the presidency of the Young Men in 1998, when he was granted general authority emeritus status. In the leadership of the Young Men, he was succeeded by Robert K. Dellenbach, his first counselor From 2000 to 2003, Goaslind was president of the church"s Manti Utah Temple.
Goaslind was selected for his humanitarian efforts in the former Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe while he was the president of the British Isles–Africa Area.
In 2011, Goaslind died in Salt Lake City at the age of 83.
In 1978, Goaslind became a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. In 1985, he became a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy, a position he held until 1987, when he became president of the church"s British Isles–Africa Area.