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Elder Neil L. Andersen to speak at BYU devotional Sept. 13

Elder Neil L. Andersen, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is scheduled to speak at Brigham Young University’s weekly devotional Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), BYU Television, BYU-FM (89.1), BYU Radio and byubroadcasting.org. For rebroadcast and archive information, visit byub.org/devotionals or speeches.byu.edu.

Elder Andersen was ordained an apostle in April 2009. Before that he served in the Sunday School General Presidency and in the Presidency of the Seventy. He also served as president of the France Bordeaux Mission.

He graduated from BYU and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He lived in Tampa, Fla., where he worked as vice president of the Morton Plant Health System.

Writer: Melissa Connor

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Photo by Mark A. Philbrick/BYU Photo

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