Background
Dunn was born in Tooele, Utah. He served a mission for the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church to Australia from 1954 to 1956 and married Sharon Longden, a daughter of John Longden.
Dunn was born in Tooele, Utah. He served a mission for the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church to Australia from 1954 to 1956 and married Sharon Longden, a daughter of John Longden.
Boston University.
Dunn earned a bachelor"s degree in journalism and economics from Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University). He later earned a master"s degree in public relations from Boston University. At the time of his call as a general authority, Dunn was living in Natick, Massachusetts, and working in Boston.
He was the managing director of the church"s Missionary Department in 1974.
In the early 1980s, he served as director of the church"s Adult Curriculum Department. Dunn served as president of several areas of the church in North America.
In 1984, he was the president of the North America Northwest Area. Later, while serving as president of the North America Central Area, he also served as president of Nauvoo Restoration, Incorporated.
In October 2000, Dunn was designated as an emeritus general authority.
He was called that same month as the first president of the Boston Massachusetts Temple.
He served in this position until his death from cancer in a Boston hospital. Among Dunn"s published works is Prepare Now to Succeed on Your Mission (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1977).
After Dunn became a member of the seven-man First Council of the Seventy in 1968, he served in several key church positions. Dunn was an inaugural member of the newly created First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976 and he was also the president of the church"s Australia Sydney Mission for three years.