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Elder Neal A. Maxwell to give BYU devotional address March 16

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at a campus devotional Tuesday, March 16, at 11 a.m. in the Marriott Center on the Brigham Young University campus.

The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and on byubroadcasting.org.

It will be rebroadcast Sunday, March 21, on BYU-Radio at 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. It will also be rebroadcast Sunday, March 28, on KBYU (Channel 11) at 6 a.m. and 11 a.m., on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and on KBYU-FM (89.1) at 8 p.m.

Elder Maxwell has served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve since July, 1981. Before this call, Elder Maxwell served as a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy, an assistant to the Twelve and as the commissioner of education for the Church Educational System.

Prior to these Church callings, Elder Maxwell worked as the executive vice president at the University of Utah, as well as in other positions at the university. He also received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Utah.

Writer: Thomas Grover

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