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President Cecil O. Samuelson, Sharon Samuelson to address students Sept. 9

Brigham Young University President Cecil O. Samuelson and his wife Sharon will address the campus community during their regular back-to-school devotional Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 11:05 a.m in the Marriott Center.

The KBYU networks and byubroadcasting.org will air the devotional live. For rebroadcast information, visit byubroadcasting.org.

President Samuelson has been BYU's 12th president since 2003. He is a member of the Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Professionally, President Samuelson was the senior vice president of Intermountain Health Care and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Utah. Along with many scholastic honors, he is the author or co-author of 48 original publications.

Sharon Giauque Samuelson graduated from the University of Utah with honors in history. During the early years of their marriage, she received her teaching certification and taught school. She has held leadership positions in all of the auxiliary organizations of the church while being active in the community and working as a full-time homemaker and mother.

Writer: Angela Fischer

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Photo by Mark A. Philbrick/BYU Photo

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