| 词条 | Theodore M. Burton |
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| name = Theodore M. Burton | image = Theodore M. Burton.jpg | image_size = 150px | alt = Photograph of Theodore M. Burton | birth_name = Theodore Moyle Burton | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|03|27}} | birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|12|22|1907|03|27}} | death_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | spouse = Minnie Susan Preece | children = Robert Preece Burton | parents = | alma_mater = University of Utah | end_reason2 = Granted general authority emeritus status | position_or_quorum1 = Emeritus General Authority | president1 = Ezra Taft Benson | start_date1 = {{start date|1989|09|30}} | end_date1 = {{end date|1989|12|22}} | position_or_quorum2 = First Quorum of the Seventy | president2 = Spencer W. Kimball | start_date2 = {{start date|1976|10|01}} | end_date2 = {{end date|1989|09|30}} | position_or_quorum3 = Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | president3 = David O. McKay | start_date3 = {{start date|1960|10|08}} | end_date3 = {{end date|1976|10|01}} | end_reason3 = Position abolished | list_notes = Also worked for the treasury attache at the U.S. embassies in both Vienna and Berlin. }} Theodore Moyle Burton (March 27, 1907 – December 22, 1989) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and one of the main leaders of the Genealogical Department of the church in the 1960s. Under his direction the department expanded its operations, largely through the opening of many more Family History Centers. Burton was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. From 1927 to 1930 he served as a missionary in the Swiss-German Mission of the LDS Church. As a youth, Burton became the first Eagle Scout in the Pioneer Stake of the LDS Church. In 1933 he married Minnie Susan Preece. In 1934, Burton received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Utah, where he became a Sigma Chi.[1] He worked for the treasury attache at the U.S. embassies in both Vienna and Berlin. He later taught at Carbon College and Utah State Agricultural College. He returned to Purdue University where he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1951. He returned to Utah State, but in 1957 was called as president of the West German Mission of the church. In 1960, Burton was called as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He served in this position until it was disbanded in 1976; he and the other Assistants were subsumed by the First Quorum of the Seventy. During the 1950s, Burton had served as bishop of the Logan 4th Ward prior to becoming a mission president.[2] Burton served as president of the European Mission of the church and later as the Area Supervisor in Europe. As director of the Genealogical Department, Burton initiated the translation of materials into languages other than English. He held the title of Executive Director of the Genealogical Department from 1972 to 1978. He also negotiated the contracting out of microfilming work to a private company in 1967 and then its later resumption as a function of the church department. Notes1. ^Significant Sigs {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625203531/http://www2.sigmachi.org/foundation/significant_sigs.phtml |date=2007-06-25 }} 2. ^Leon R. Hartshorn. Outstanding Stories by General Authorities. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1975) Vol. 3, p. 40. References
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