Historical Summary

This book is not a history, but rather a compilation of gospel principles as taught by President Harold B. Lee. However, in order to put the teachings in a historical framework, the following list is provided to summarize some of the milestones in his life that have most immediate relationship to his teachings.

1899, March 28:	Harold Bingham Lee born to Samuel Marion and Louisa Emeline Bingham Lee, Clifton, Oneida County, Idaho.
1907, June 9:	Baptized by Lester Bybee, Clifton, Idaho (8; numbers in parentheses show Harold B. Lee’s age).
1912, fall:	Enters the Oneida Stake Academy, Preston, Idaho, with schoolmate Ezra Taft Benson (13).
1916, summer:	Enters Albion State Normal School, Albion, Idaho (17).
1916–17, winter:	Teaches at the Silver Star School, near Weston, Idaho (17).
1918–20:	Principal of the district school at Oxford, Idaho (18–21).
1920–22:	Missionary, Western States Mission, Denver, Colorado (21–23).
1923, summer:	Attends the University of Utah. He later finishes his degree by correspondence courses and extension classes (24).
1923, November 14:	Marries Fern Lucinda Tanner in the Salt Lake Temple (24).
1923–28:	Principal of the Whittier and Woodrow Wilson Schools, Salt Lake City (24–29).
1930, October 26:	Set apart as president of the Pioneer Stake, 1930–37 (31).
1933, November 7:	Elected to the Salt Lake City Commission; serves from 1933–37 (34).
1935, April 20:	First Presidency assigns Harold B. Lee to work out a program of relief for the needy (36).
1936, April 18:	Called as managing director of the Church security plan (later changed to Church welfare program) (37).
1939, April 16:	First storehouse on Welfare Square is completed in Salt Lake City (40).
1941, April 6:	Sustained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (42). Ordained on April 10, 1941.
1954:	Holds servicemen’s conferences in Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Philippines, and Guam (55).
1958, August:	Tours South Africa and the Holy Land (59).
1960, March 27:	Organizes the first stake in Europe at Manchester, England (60).
1961, September 30:	At the direction of the First Presidency, announces plan for correlating all Church programs (62).
1962, September 24:	Death of Fern Lucinda Tanner, wife of Harold B. Lee (63).
1963, June 17:	Marries Freda Joan Jensen in the Salt Lake Temple (64).
1965, August 27:	Death of Maurine Lee Wilkins, daughter of Harold B. Lee (66).
1970, January 23:	Sustained as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Counselor to President Joseph Fielding Smith (70).
1972, July 2:	Death of President Joseph Fielding Smith (73).
1972, July 7:	Ordained and set apart as President of the Church (73).
1972, August 25–27:	Presides over area general conference in Mexico City (73).
1972, September 20:	Organizes the Jerusalem Branch at the Garden Tomb (73).
1972, October 5:	Worldwide welfare services program announced (73).
1972, October 6:	Sustained as President of the Church in a solemn assembly (73).
1972, December 14:	International Mission of the Church organized (73).
1973, March 8:	Organizes first stake on Asian mainland at Seoul, Korea (73).
1973, August 24–26:	Presides at the area general conference in Munich, Germany (74).
1973, December 26:	President Harold B. Lee dies in Salt Lake City (74).
1973, December 31:	End-of-year statistics: 3,321,556 members; 630 stakes; 4,580 wards; 108 missions; 17,258 missionaries; 15 temples.