Appendix 1

A Chronology of Administrators of the Church Educational System and Religious Education, 1888–2015

Name, Title, Years of Service:

Karl G. Maeser, Superintendent, 1888–1901

Joseph M. Tanner, Superintendent, 1901–1906

Horace H. Cummings, Superintendent, 1906–1920

David O. McKay, Commissioner, 1919–1921

• Stephen L Richards, Assistant Commissioner, 1919–1921

• Richard R. Lyman, Assistant Commissioner, 1919–1921

Adam S. Bennion, Superintendent, 1920–1928

John A. Widtsoe, Commissioner, 1921–1924

• Stephen L Richards, Assistant Commissioner, 1921–1924

• Richard R. Lyman, Assistant Commissioner, 1921–1924

Joseph F. Merrill, Commissioner, 1928–1933

John A. Widtsoe, Commissioner, 1934–1936

Franklin L. West, Commissioner, 1936–1953

Ernest L. Wilkinson, Administrator, 1953–1960
Chancellor, 1960–1965

• William E. Berrett, Vice Administrator of Religious Education, 1953–1965

Harvey L. Taylor, Administrator of Church Schools, 1965–1970

• William E. Berrett, Administrator of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, 1965–1970

Neal A. Maxwell, Commissioner, 1970–1976

• Joe J. Christensen, Associate Commissioner of Religious Education, 1970–1979

Jeffrey R. Holland, Commissioner, 1976–1980

• Henry B. Eyring, Deputy Commissioner, 1977–1980

• Stanley A. Peterson, Associate Commissioner of Religious Education, 1977–1989

Henry B. Eyring, Commissioner, 1980–1986

J. Elliot Cameron, Commissioner, 1986–1989 (not replaced until 1992)

• Stanley A. Peterson, Administrator of Religious Education, 1989–2001

Henry B. Eyring, Commissioner, 1992–2005

• Paul V. Johnson, Administrator of Religious Education, 2001–2007

W. Rolfe Kerr, Commissioner, 2005–2008

• Garry K. Moore, Administrator of Religious Education, 2007–2008

Paul V. Johnson, Commissioner, 2008–

• Chad H Webb, Administrator, 2008–

Adapted from William E. Berrett, A Miracle in Weekday Religious Education (1988), xv, with updated material from Seminaries and Institutes Historical Record, May 31, 2013, 24–29.