Appointments

The First Presidency has called a new temple president and matron: Harold Riley Johnson, president of the Apia Samoa Temple, and his wife, Lola Ann Heaps Johnson, matron.

The First Presidency also called ten new directors of Church visitors’ centers.

• Don L. Christensen, director of the Washington Temple Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Marva Sorenson Christensen.

• Richard Keith Grover, director of the Hawaii Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Patricia Rae Pace Grover.

• Reed V. Harding, director of the Joseph Smith Memorial Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Norma Joyce Bateman Harding.

• Sherman Bitner Hinckley, director of the Cove Fort Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Eileen Ellis Hinckley.

• Clayton James Kearl, director of the San Diego Mormon Battalion Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Betty Loraine Ford Kearl.

• Reed Miller Merrill, director of the Kirtland Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Joan Whittle Merrill.

• Robert Hal Parker, director of the Independence Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Colleen Anderson Parker.

• Mark George Ricks, director of the Nauvoo Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Evelyn Tonks Ricks.

• Robert Leatham Simpson, director of the St. George Temple Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Jelaire Kathryn Chandler Simpson.

• Robert Charles Witt, director of the Salt Lake Temple Square Visitors’ Center, and his wife, Marilyn Ruth Gardner Witt.