Background
Wickman was born in Seattle, Washington.
Wickman was born in Seattle, Washington.
Wickman graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964 with a bachelor"s degree in political science.
In 2010, he became an emeritus general authority. He was raised in New Jersey and Glendale, California. In 1966, Wickman, a United States. Army Ranger, was sent to fight in Vietnam as a platoon leader in the United States Army and on a second tour of duty as a military advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
After his return from Vietnam, Wickman graduated from Stanford Law School in 1972.
He practiced law in Los Angeles and San Diego with the law firm of Latham & Watkins. Wickman has been awarded the Silver Beaver and Silver Buffalo by the Boy Scouts of America.
In 2000, Wickman was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy.
He became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1994.
