Background
Dellenbach was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Clinton, Utah.
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Education
Upon returning to the United States, Dellenbach earned a degree from the University of Utah and an Master of Business Administration degree from Brigham Young University.
Career
Dellenbach became a vice president with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and later became president of the Alaska Methodist University (now Alaska Pacific University) in Anchorage. He also worked for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in Louisiana Jolla, California, and at the Institute for Advanced Technology of Control Data Corporation in Rockville, Maryland. Prior to his call as a church general authority, Dellenbach was a bishop, stake president, and a regional representative of the Twelve Apostles in the church.
He was the president of the Germany Düsseldorf and the Germany Munich Missions of the church.
In 1992, he was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy. In 1998, Dellenbach succeeded Jack H. Goaslind as the general president of the Young Men organization.
Dellenbach had twice been Goaslind"s second counselor (1990-1991. 1997) and had twice been his first counselor (1991-1992.
1997-1998). He was released from this responsibility in 2001 and was succeeded by his own first counselor, F. Melvin Hammond.
During his tenure as a general authority, Dellenbach served in a number of area presidencies, including Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Pacific Islands, based in Auckland, New Zealand. In October 2007 Dellenbach was given general authority emeritus status.
Membership
In 1990, he became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy.
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Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints