Joe Cannon on Latter-Day Profiles

Latter-Day Profiles #902
Joe Cannon
Joseph A. Cannon graduated with a law degree from Brigham Young University and became editor of the Deseret Morning News December of 2006. The Deseret Morning News was founded in 1850 and is the oldest, daily newspaper continually published out of Salt Lake City.

Cannon previously served in the Reagan administration as assistant administrator for air and radiation in the Environmental Protection Agency as well as associate administrator for policy and resource management. Just before being recognized as editor of Deseret Morning News, Cannon was chairman of the Utah Republican Party from 2002 to 2006.

Former editors of the Deseret Morning News include Cannon’s great grandfather, Joseph J. Cannon, and great-grandfather, George Q. Cannon. Cannon’s grandmother, Ramona, wrote a column for Deseret Morning News for several years that he often read as a child. Family was the spark of Cannon’s interest and involvement in the newspaper business.

Cannon has served the church in many capacities including a LDS mission in Ireland. He comes from a politically powerful Cannon family of Utah including his brother, Chris Cannon, who served as a Congressman from 1997 to 2009. Cannon married Jan Barney and they have seven children.

Vern Law on Latter-day Profiles

Latter-Day Profiles #901
Vern Law
Vern Law is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Meridian, Idaho, Law played for 16 seasons (1950-1951 and 1954-1967) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Law was a member of the National League All Star Team in 1960. He won the Cy Young Award, and led the National League in complete games that year. During his playing career, Law was tagged with the nickname "Deacon" by Pirate broadcaster Bob Prince--friendly nickname derived from his strict Mormon upbringing.

Vern Law has been credited with saying, "A winner never quits and a quitter never wins." and "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards."

Author John Moody recently released a book titled, "Kiss It Goodbye" which focuses on the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates and Vern Law.

Dan Burr on Latter-day Profiles

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Dan Burr

Dan Burr has illustrated for magazines and produced young adult book jackets for 20 years. The last several years he has concentrated on children’s picture books and has seven titles published. He also works with the Church magazines producing illustrations for the Ensign and Liahona.

Dennis Packard on Latter-day Profiles

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Dennis Packard

Dennis Packard is a professor of philosophy at BYU and a co-producer of Fire Creek. Fire Creek is BYU’s first feature film released in theaters. The film was a collaborative effort among students and faculty at BYU. Packard has been involved in many productions including working as a producer on Songs of Praise and Remembrance and Experience Shakespeare for PBS and working on the writing committee for Savior of the World and Nauvoo Pageant.

Jon M. Huntsman on Latter-day Profiles

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Jon M. Huntsman

Jon M. Huntsman is chairman and founder of Huntsman Corporation. He started the firm with his brother Blaine in 1970. By 2000, it had become the world's largest privately held chemical company and America's biggest family owned and operated business, with more than $12 billion in annual revenues before going public in early 2005. He was a special assistant to the president in the Nixon White House, was the first American to own controlling interest of a business in the former Soviet Union, and is the chairman of the Board of Overseers for Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater. Mr. Huntsman also served on the boards of numerous major public corporations and organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Red Cross. The Huntsman businesses fund the foundation that is the primary underwriter for the Huntsman Cancer Institute, a leader in the prevention, early diagnosis, and humane treatment of cancer.

In 1996, Elder Huntsman was called by President Gordon B. Hinckley to serve as an Area Seventy. Currently, he is a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy of The Church. From 1980 to 1983, he was president of the Washington D.C. Mission.

You can catch the interview with Elder Huntsman on Wednesday, March 3rd at 11p.m or Friday, March 5th at 10:30 a.m. MT. You can also watch streaming video of the entire interview by clicking here.