Comments: From their calling announcement:
James B. McDonald, 53, California Anaheim Mission; Edgemont 14th Ward, Provo Utah Edgemont Stake; bishop's counselor; former stake president's counselor, stake executive secretary, stake financial clerk, bishop, elders quorum president and counselor, and deacons quorum adviser; associate dean of general education and honors at BYU; received bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics at Utah State University and doctorate in economics at Purdue University; born in Logan, Utah, to Leonard Webb and Arola Bott McDonald; married Kathleen Thomas, four children.
She is stake Relief Society president; former stake Young Women president's counselor, Primary president's counselor, Young Women president's counselor, Young Women adviser, Relief Society homemaking leader, Primary secretary, and Cub Scout den leader; received bachelor's degree in elementary education and master's degree in early childhood education from Utah State University and attended Purdue University; born in Malad, Idaho, to Henry Ward and Helen Grace Roghaar Thomas. |