General Authorities and General Officers

Sunday School General President 2009–2014

Russell T. Osguthorpe was serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy when he received the call to serve as the general president of the Sunday School. He has also served as a stake president, stake and ward Young Men president, counselor in a bishopric, branch president at the Provo, Utah, Missionary Training Center, and president of the South Dakota Rapid City Mission. He has also been a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Brother Osguthorpe holds multiple degrees from Brigham Young University, including a PhD in instructional psychology. He is a former director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and a professor emeritus in the Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. Brother Osguthorpe and his wife, Lolly, are the parents of five children and have 21 grandchildren.

General conference talks

All General Conference talks by Russell T. Osguthorpe