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Harvard University; University of Utah. University of Southern California.
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Truman Madsen
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He was a prolific author, a recognized authority on Joseph Smith, and a popular lecturer among Latter-day Saints. At one point Madsen was an instructor at the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Institute of Religion in Berkeley, California. Madsen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was a grandson of Heber J. Grant.
Madsen served as a missionary in the New England Mission with South. Dilworth Young as his mission president He served in this position until he was replaced by Boyd K. Packer in 1965.
Madsen received his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University. He also studied at the University of Utah and the University of Southern California.
Madsen wrote several philosophical theses, including Four Essays on Love.
While at Brigham Young University, Madsen held the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding for over 20 years. He also for a time served as the director of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center. He died at his home on the morning of 28 May 2009 from bone cancer.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints