Kim Clark, who took a big step down in the academic world to go to Ricks.

Jensen, Kikuchi, or Costa, in that order.

One could argue that Kim Clark took a promotion to go to BYU-Idaho.

The sustaining is interesting. Uchtdorf seems to be treating the formalities with more respect than usual - what with the standing, and instructing stake presidents to watch and notify their superiors in case of contrary votes.

queuno,

LOL!

I know for a fact that Clark declined to be a candidate in searches for major universities. His next job was likely to be a president of an Ivy, and would have been Harvard if Summers hadn’t made it such that then next president had to be a woman.

ok, which of you updated Christofferson’s wikipedia page?

@random john

clark will get there but not for some time. he has work to do in rexburg first.

I think it’s a safe bet that Clark hadn’t gone in BYUI, in 20 years, he’d be a footnote in academia. Going to BYUI actually increased his profile in some quarters, if that’s possible. And now he’s an Area Authority Seventy.

Who has the bigger profile? Kim Clark or Gordon Gee?

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@quenuno

clark was widely regarded as a strong dean at the business school, having been responsible for bringing a largely case-based school into the mainstream of social science and thus raising the respect of the school in the academic community. as an earlier poster said, he would probably have been on the short list for dean at multiple universities. (I am told he was on the Harvard short list but have no way of confirming that.)

even if he had never been snapped up as dean, he was a ‘real’ researcher who published in top academic journals including Administrative Science Quarterly (the most selective among the management journals).

I’m listening to Conference over the Internet, and now there’s a woman speaking. I’m pretty sure it’s Kristen Chenoweth.

Ellsworth, that was Sister Lant.

Dan -

Elder Kenneth Johnson

Johnson is from England. His bio says he is a soccer player and a guitar player. I bet he’s got a great Beatles repertoire.

British guy is Elder Kenneth Johnson former long time president of the Australia/New Zealand area which where together back then. He is a brilliant speaker and very funny although he’s somewhat tamed today.

Thanks, brandt, for kind of helping me make my point.

after hearing a particularly inspiring talk then-Elder Eyring gave several years ago, I felt strongly that he would one day be the prophet. I feel no less so today. another outstanding address.

btw I would not underestimate the (earthly) sacrifice Clark made in going to BYUI. sure, he got the press coverage and the Charlie Rose interview, but many academics think what he did is kooky (even if they won’t say so publicly) so it might be more difficult for him to get a non-church university president post now (but which had had certainly been on track for).

Lots of Paul today. That pleases me.

On the day of the Rexburg, ID. temple dedication President Eyring slipped on a step in his home and broke his ankle, hence the walking cane. My fellow bloggers, This is the power and authority of our Lord and how his plan will continue the work of God.