In the Spotlight

• David S. Baxter, president of the Ipswich England Stake, was appointed director of the Information Society Initiative, an organization within the United Kingdom’s Department of Trade and Industry.

  President Baxter’s responsibilities include advising government ministers on policies and activities supporting the development of the information society.

• Marcia Gunnell Madsen of Washington, D.C., has been elected chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Public Contract Law. The organization is comprised of attorneys nationwide who focus on contracting with federal, state, county, and municipal government entities.

  Sister Madsen is a member of the District of Columbia Branch, District of Columbia District.

• Dean L. Allen, a retired teacher in the Clark County School District, was honored with the naming of a new school in Las Vegas: the Dean LaMar Allen Elementary School. Brother Allen is a member of the Fort Apache Ward, Las Vegas Nevada Lakes Stake.