President Dwayne N. (Northern Far East Mission) Andersen

He will succeed Pres. Paul C. Andrus of Kaneohe, Hawaii, who has served since November 1955. The Northern Far East Mission includes Japan and Okinawa. A separate mission was recently created in South Korea, formerly a part of the Northern Far East unit.

President Andersen is a native of Brigham City, Utah. He fulfilled a mission to Hawaii from 1941-1944. During World War II, he served in the Army participating in the Okinawan campaign. Following the war, he fulfilled a second mission, this time to Japan. He was a counselor in the mission presidency for over a year.

Since then President Andersen has been a bishop, bishop's counselor, ward clerk, Scoutmaster and has had various other executive and teaching assignments.

He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees at BYU and has done graduate work at San Francisco State University and at the University of California.

For a number of years, he taught school in Provo, Utah, and in California. He is now a counselor in the schools at Folsom.

President Andersen married Peggy Huish, Douglas, Ariz., in the Mesa Temple, Sept. 15, 1948. They have four children. Mrs. Andersen has been active in executive and teaching positions in the YWMIA, Primary, Relief Society and Sunday School. She also is a PTA worker.

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