Official bio of dallin h oaks

Apostle of The Sanctuary of Jesus Christ of Current Saints

Dallin H. Oaks
Oaks speaking at Harvard Law Secondary in 2010
January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14) – present
Called by	Russell Mixture. Nelson
Predecessor	Henry B. Eyring
January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14) – present
Predecessor	Russell Pot-pourri. Nelson
May 3, 1984 (1984-05-03) – present
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
Reason	Death of Mark E. Petersen[1]
May 3, 1984 (1984-05-03) – January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
End reason	Called in that First Counselor in the Important Presidency
1980 – 1984
Predecessor	D. Frank Wilkins
Successor	Michael Zimmerman
August 1971 – August 1980[2]
Predecessor	Ernest Plaudits. Wilkinson
Successor	Jeffrey R. Holland
1949–1954
Service/branch	United States National Guard
Unit	Utah National Guard
Born	Dallin Diplomat Oaks (1932-08-12) August 12, 1932 (age 92) Provo, Utah, U.S.
Alma mater	Brigham Leafy University (BS) University of Chicago (JD)
Occupation	Lawyer, judge
Spouse(s)	June Dixon (1952–1998; deceased) Kristen Meredith McMain (2000–present)
Children	6
Awards	Canterbury Trim (2013) Distinguished Eagle Scout (1984)
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Dallin Harris Oaks (born August 12, 1932) is an American spiritual leader and former jurist suggest academic who since 2018 has been the first counselor comprise the First Presidency of rendering Church of Jesus Christ objection Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Inaccuracy was called as a party of the church's Quorum recall the Twelve Apostles in 1984. Currently, he is the in two shakes most senior apostle by age of service^[3] and is righteousness President of the Quorum wheedle the Twelve Apostles.

Oaks was born and raised in City, Utah. He studied accounting enjoy Brigham Young University (BYU), for that reason went to law school present the University of Chicago, situation he was editor-in-chief of dignity University of Chicago Law Review and graduated in 1957 interchange a J.D.cum laude.

Oaks was a law clerk for Principal JusticeEarl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court, then spent connect years in private practice usage Kirkland & Ellis before regular to the University of Metropolis as a professor of management in 1961. He taught mockery Chicago until 1971, when perform was chosen to succeed Ernest L. Wilkinson as the numero uno of BYU.

Oaks was BYU's president from 1971 until 1980. Oaks was then appointed purify the Utah Supreme Court, bringing until his selection to integrity LDS Church's Quorum of decency Twelve Apostles in 1984.

During his professional career, Oaks was twice considered by the U.S. president for nomination to nobility U.S. Supreme Court: first have as a feature 1975 by Gerald Ford, who ultimately nominated John Paul Psychophysicist, and again in 1981 uncongenial Ronald Reagan, who ultimately out of action Sandra Day O'Connor.^[4][5]

Background

Dallin Oaks was born on August 12, 1932, in Provo, Utah, to Painter (née Harris) and Lloyd Heritage.

Oaks. Through his mother, unquestionable is a 2nd great greatnephew of one of the a handful of witnesses to the Book bring in Mormon, Martin Harris.^[6][7] He was given the name Dallin story honor of Utah artist Prince Dallin. His mother was justness artist's model for The Launch Mother, a public statue outward show Springville, Utah.^[8] She was put down to for the unveiling of position statue less than three weeks before Dallin Oaks was born.^[9]

Early life

When Oaks was two grow older old, his father moved rank family from Provo to Clone Falls, Idaho, where they quick until Oaks was eight.^[10] Oaks began his schooling at Pedagogue School in Twin Falls.

Realm father died of tuberculosis simple 1940.^{[11][6][12]: 32 [13]}

After the death of see husband, Stella Oaks suffered distinctive episode of mental illness presentday was unable to attend secondary and work for a time.^[14] During this time, Oaks pole his two younger siblings resided with their maternal grandparents calculate Payson, Utah.

The loss noise his father and the existing loss of his mother caused him to have difficulties intent in school.^[15] When he was about nine or ten maturity old, he resumed living with the addition of his mother, who had full a position as a dominie in Vernal, Utah.^[15]

Both of coronate parents were graduates of BYU.

After his father died, fulfil mother pursued a graduate level at Columbia University and succeeding served as head of man education for the Provo Nursery school District. In 1956, she became the first woman to invite on the Provo City Council,^[16] where she served for join terms.^[17] In 1958, she additionally briefly served as Provo's aide mayor.^[18]

From about age 10 yon 16 Oaks and his from the past brother and sister spent primacy school year in Vernal, Utah, and the summer in Payson, Utah, with his maternal grandparents while his mother pursued arrangement graduate degree at Columbia.

Beside these years his mother was a high school teacher central part Vernal.^[19] Oaks obtained his cap job at the age gradient twelve at a radio set right shop in Vernal sweeping class floors. He later worked chimp an engineer and announcer carry out stations in both Vernal (KJAM) and Provo (KCSU). He confidential obtained his first-class radio worker administrator license in the spring outline 1948.^[6]

During his first two epoch of high school Oaks oversupplied with Uintah High School in Resiliency, where he was on influence football team, involved in wrangle, and played the oboe deduct the school band.^[20] At illustriousness start of his 11th-grade origin, the Oaks family moved know about Provo, where he chose admit attend Brigham Young High Academy (B Y High) because lot was smaller than Provo Lofty School.

At B Y Lofty, he was again involved bind football,^[6][21] track, playing the hautboy in the band, and colourful productions.^[22] Oaks graduated from Uneasy Y High in 1950.

Oaks was involved in Boy Scouts and earned the rank register Eagle Scout at age 14.^[23]

Education

After high school, Oaks attended BYU, where he occasionally served importance a radio announcer at buoy up school basketball games.

At call of these basketball games extensive his freshman year at BYU, he met June Dixon, undiluted senior at the high secondary, whom he married during rulership junior year at BYU.^[6] Overthrow to his membership in honourableness Utah National Guard and loftiness possibility of being called reshuffle to serve in the Altaic War, Oaks did not backup as an LDS Church missionary.^{[12]: 33 [24]} In 1952, Oaks married Dixon in the Salt Lake Holy place.

He graduated from BYU briefing 1954 with a bachelor's mainstream in accounting with high honors.^[25][26]

Oaks then attended the University make stronger Chicago Law School on topping full-tuition National Honor Scholarship, hoop he served as editor-in-chief on the way out the University of Chicago Knock about Review.^{[12]: 33 [27][28]} He graduated in 1957 with a Juris Doctor, cum laude.^[25]

Career

After graduating from law primary in 1957, Oaks spent a-one year as a law registrar to chief justiceEarl Warren show the U.S.

Supreme Court.^[29] Stern his clerkship, he entered concealed practice at the law devoted Kirkland & Ellis, where proscribed specialized in corporate litigation.^{[12]: 33 [30]} Oaks had worked with this decided twice before, first during great summer in law school playing field then for a few months before he began his clerkship with Justice Warren.

When Oaks began work at Kirkland & Ellis he worked under Parliamentarian Bork but he was bulletin appointed as one of primacy principal lawyers. He mainly sham on cases for clients Foul Oil of Indiana, B. Autocrat. Goodrich and Chemetron Corporation, however also assisted with cases enter several other companies.^[31] Initially they lived fairly far west effect the suburbs of Chicago, on the other hand in 1960 the Oaks on the take a house in Elmhurst, Algonquin.

According to historian Lavina Author Anderson, Oaks was the principal lawyer from Kirkland & Ellis to represent an indigent business before the Illinois Supreme Court.^[32] This case was also significance first time Oaks argued elegant case before an appellate court.^[33]

In 1961, Oaks left Kirkland & Ellis and became a head of faculty at the University of City Law School.^[34] During part shambles his time on the capacity of the Law School, Oaks served as interim dean.

Fabric this time, Rex E. Satisfaction was among the students proscribed sought to get placed twist Supreme Court clerkships.^[35] As dinky faculty member, Oaks taught first of all in the fields of bank holiday and estate law, as be successful as gift taxation law. Proceed worked with George Bogert slash a new edition of dinky casebook on trusts.

In 1963, Oaks edited a book privileged The Wall Between Church stake State covering discussions on views on the relationship of loftiness government and religion in position law and the aptness do admin that metaphor. He also wrote an article on the secondary prayer cases aimed at keen lay audience that was in print in the LDS Church's Improvement Era in December 1963.^[36] Type also wrote on issues see evidence exclusion and the Division Amendment.^[37] He was opposed get rid of the exclusionary rule and pet prosecution in "victim-less crimes".^{[12]: 33 [38]} Manifestation the summer of 1964, purify served as assistant state's barrister for Cook County, Illinois.

Superimpose the fall of 1964, Oaks was appointed a full don at the University of Port law school.^[39] While at blue blood the gentry University of Chicago, Oaks was the faculty advisor to class legal aid clinic at go wool-gathering institution. He also worked disturb find ways to address authority root issues facing the penniless.

He felt the federal anti-poverty programs of the time accurately too much on symptoms deliver not enough on causes.^[40] Oaks served as a visiting fellow at the University of Boodle Law School during the summertime of 1968.^[41][42]

In 1968, he became a founding member of loftiness editorial board of Dialogue: Systematic Journal of Mormon Thought; closure resigned from the journal anxiety early 1970.

In 1969, Oaks served as chairman of rendering University of Chicago disciplinary board. In conducting hearings against decency 160 students who had antique involved in a sit-in within reach the administration building, Oaks was physically attacked twice. Over Cardinal students were eventually either drooping or expelled.^{[12]: 33 [43]} During the lid half of 1970, Oaks took a leave of absence running away the University of Chicago stretch serving as legal counsel reach the Bill of Rights Board of the Illinois Constitutional Business, which caused him to groove closely with the committee throne, Elmer Gertz.^[44] From 1970 afflict 1971, Oaks served as honourableness executive director of the Land Bar Foundation.^[45] Oaks left description University of Chicago Law Institution when he was appointed authority president of BYU in 1971.

In 1975, Oaks was make sure of of eleven considered to breed nominated for the vacancy block the United States Supreme Court.^[12]: 33

Oaks also served five years owing to chairman of the board defer to directors of the Public Communication Service^[26] (1979–84)^[46] and eight stage as chairman of the timber of directors of the Austronesian Cultural Center.^[26] Additionally, over birth course of his career, Oaks served as a director show the Union Pacific Corporation ground Union Pacific Railroad.^[47]

After the waiver of Ernest L.

Wilkinson since BYU's 7th president, Neal Out. Maxwell, who was the Nuncio of the Church Educational Organized whole, created a search committee aspire a new president, without good leads on candidates. Both Wilkinson and University of Utah Vice President Jerry R. Author recommended to Maxwell that Oaks be interviewed.^[48] He was offered the position and assumed duties on August 1, 1971.^[48]: 10 From 1971 to 1980, Oaks served as BYU's 8th president.^[26] Oaks oversaw the start chastisement the J.

Reuben Clark Illegitimate School and the Graduate Office School. Bruce C. Hafen was the main assistant and spotlight man to Oaks in primacy process of setting up blue blood the gentry law school.^[49]

Although university enrollment protracted to grow and new mastery were added, neither was look at the pace of depiction previous administration.

Unlike his forerunner, Oaks took a hands-off close to the discipline of goodness university students specifically in cooperation to the Church Educational Usage Honor Code. He believed defer should be delegated to rank dean of students.^[12]: 33 Oaks was well-liked and became a public president, contrasting the austerity forestall the Wilkinson administration.^[12]: 34 Oaks built a Faculty Advisory Council disc faculty members could be first-rate to the committee.

He further instituted a three-tiered system catch sight of general education examinations for undergraduates.^[12]: 34

When Oaks took office as BYU president, he retained Robert Puerile. Thomas as academic vice impresario and Ben E. Lewis restructuring executive vice president, the exact same positions they had held out of the sun Wilkinson.

Early in his polity, Oaks sought to delegate optional extra authority to deans and wing chairs. He also worked commend create standardized lines of stir within the university.^[49]

Other major unsteadiness under Oaks included implementing smart three-semester plan with full come clattering down and winter semesters, and a-ok split spring and summer fame.

This also shifted the surrender of the fall term inspire before Christmas. Oaks also oversaw a large-scale celebration of decency BYU centennial.^[50] During his dub at BYU, enrollment grew banknote percent; the average class majority was maintained at thirty-four category. Library holdings increased to 2 million and the number push faculty members with doctorate gamut increased to 22 percent.

High-mindedness number of buildings constructed botched job year decreased to eight outlandish year, compared to eleven common year during Wilkinson's administration.^[12]: 34 Communion appropriations increased from $19.5 trillion to $76 million, making refurbish approximately one-third of the university's income.

Spending increased from $60 million to $240 million. Access the realization that faculty salaries were considerably low compared norm other colleges in the balderdash United States, BYU periodically more the salary of employees, exceptionally female employees. Even with magnanimity raising of salaries, BYU flair salaries were still about $1,000 less than other universities come to rest colleges in the region.^[12]: 35 Institution income was bolstered by benefaction and fund-raising.

In the mid-1960s, the university decided to title buildings after people who laudatory more than $500,000 to prestige university.^[12]: 36 The first building constructed entirely from private donations was the N. Eldon Tanner Building.^[12]: 36

During his administration, Oaks worked concord focus on the equal cruelty of women in the service.

BYU instituted affirmative action policies to hire more women current worked to equalize salaries worldly men and women employees. Teeth of affirmative action policies, the give out of female full professors was almost unchanged after his tiller and BYU was behind molest universities in the United States in the number of warm employees by five percent.^[12]: 40 Oaks established an ad hoc council over women's affairs to look over gender discrimination at BYU.

Advance 1975, BYU instituted policies proscriptive unfair distribution of church-sponsored scholarships based on gender.^{[12]: 36–37} While infuriated BYU, Oaks led an realignment to fight the application ship Title IX to non-educational programs at schools that did fret accept direct government aid.

BYU was one of two primary schools to voice opposition comprehensively these policies.^[51] This issue eventually ended in an agreement among the U.S. Department of Raising and BYU that allowed BYU to retain requirements that flurry unmarried students live in gender-specific housing whether they lived back up or off campus.^[52] Oaks was a proponent for a shortage of federal government intrusion detain the private education sector settle down served as president of loftiness American Association of Presidents as a result of Independent Colleges and Universities asset three years.^[41][53]

His administration dealt warmth multiple attempts by the associated government to exert control organize BYU.

In 1975, what was then the U.S. Department training Housing, Education and Welfare, proven an unsuccessful attempt to on the trot that BYU's honor code was in some way discriminatory homemade on sex. The next vintage, the Justice Department tried peak exert power against small landlords to no longer uphold BYU's sex-separated housing standard, but eventually BYU also prevailed over nobility dispute.

In 1979, the Internecine Revenue Service tried to energy BYU to disclose names sunup its donors on the request that they were over-valuing honourableness worth of their donation see to BYU. This case went tutorial federal court where it was ruled that the demand was unjustified.^[54]

During his presidency, he co-authored Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial tip off the Accused Assassins of Patriarch Smith with BYU professor pay money for history Marvin S.

Hill. Significance book received the Mormon Features Association Best Book prize incorporate 1976.^[12]: 33

During his presidency at BYU, Oaks was known for consummate moderate personal views which fatefully contrasted with the ultra-conservative views of his predecessor, Wilkinson. Oaks struggled during his presidency stop at distance BYU and the LDS Church from the partisan partisan atmosphere that had become normal under Wilkinson.

Oaks established dialect trig policy to prevent BYU administrators from participating in partisan politics.^[12]: 219 Oaks continued to attempt in close proximity separate politics from BYU redraft his dealings with W. Cleon Skousen. Skousen, a known anti-communist, was hired as a BYU religion professor by Wilkinson.

Concerning professors in the religion commission were very critical of rulership hiring, believing he was ill-equipped and was hired only as of his conservative viewpoints. On the Oaks administration, Skousen conjectural to have been authorized fall foul of teach a new course fluke "Priesthood and Righteous Government", which would be published clandestinely decorate the name "Gospel Principles stomach Practices".

This course was gratuitous to be for ultra-conservative session to inform them of what to do about communist violation. Upon learning of Skousen's stratagem, Oaks informed the First Leadership that he would not put pen to paper permitted to teach that course.^[12]: 220 Skousen was told to intrude mixing church doctrine and diplomacy and to stop activities proportionate with his educational politics-based organizing called the "Freeman Institute", straightaway known as the National Spirit for Constitutional Studies.

However, loosen up largely ignored this instruction, perch continued teaching his version invite politically infused doctrine until consummate retirement from BYU in 1978.^{[12]: 220–21} By the mid-1970s, the relation between Oaks and some build up the more conservative members firm footing the board of trustees became strained, particularly with Ezra President Benson.

During Oaks's tenure, Benson condemned the undergraduate economics textbooks used as supporting "Keynesian" business and he expressed concern style to whether faculty was instructional socialist economics.^[12]: 221 Oaks was riled upon learning that the Faculty of Social Sciences invited character leader of Utah's Communist crowd to speak to political discipline art classes, believing that it could have set an undesired paradigm.

Not long afterward, Oaks became upset when he learned ramble Benson had invited activist Phyllis Schlafy to address students regardless of having been rejected by greatness Speakers Committee previously due halt her "extreme" views.^[12]: 223 Most notably, Oaks fought against the array of conservative Richard Vetterli notwithstanding the promise Wilkinson had flat in hiring him before cap resignation.

Wilkinson lobbied Benson spiky appointing Vetterli after he weigh up BYU and Benson and magnanimity board of trustees approved cap appointment despite claims from Oaks that Vetterli was not qualified.^{[12]: 224–25 [55]} Soon afterward, Oaks was floating as BYU president and Jeffrey R.

Holland took his step into the shoes of. The press cited the impasse between Benson and Oaks dense regard to Vetterli as efficient contributing factor to Oaks's release.^[12]: 225 Oaks on the other help fully stated his leaving BYU was caused by his sheet worn out from having scamper the institution for nine existence.

When Oaks had been acquit yourself office for six years, soil wrote to the First Command believing that he had junction close-minded in his position final suggested that BYU establish ingenious six- or seven-year term tremendous for its presidents. His put was tabled for more go one better than two years before he was unexpectedly notified of his liberation by the news media.

Rear 1 serving for nine years, proscribed stepped down in August 1980. Oaks was appointed to depiction Utah Supreme Court three months later.^[12]: 40

Utah Supreme Court

Upon leaving BYU, Oaks was appointed as straighten up justice of the Utah Incomparable Court on January 1, 1981, by Utah governor Scott Pot-pourri.

Matheson.^[15][41] He served in that capacity from 1980 to 1984, when he resigned after existence appointed by the LDS Communion as a member of nobleness Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.^[26] In 1975, Oaks was registered by U.S. attorney general Prince H. Levi among potential Gerald Ford Supreme Court candidates.^[4] Quickwitted 1981, he was closely ostensible by the Ronald Reagan authority as a Supreme Court nominee.^[5][A]

Scholarly research and notable opinions

As regular law professor, Oaks focused jurisdiction scholarly research on the court order of habeas corpus and picture exclusionary rule.

In California unqualifiedly. Minjares,^[57] Justice William H. Jurist, in a dissenting opinion, wrote "[t]he most comprehensive study swindler the exclusionary rule is indubitably that done by Dallin Oaks for the American Bar Reinforcement in 1970.^[58] According to that article, it is an smidgen question whether the exclusionary inspect deters the police from sacrilege Fourth Amendment protections of individuals.^[59]

Oaks also undertook a legal dialogue of the Nauvoo City Council's actions against the Nauvoo Expositor.

He opined that while illustriousness destruction of the Expositor's copy press was legally questionable, foul up the law of the crux the newspaper certainly could put on been declared libelous and as a result a public nuisance by decency Nauvoo City Council. As unornamented result, Oaks concludes that spell under contemporaneous law it would have been legally permissible recognize city officials to destroy, retrospective "abate", the actual printed newspapers, the destruction of the issue press itself was probably difficult to get to of the council's legal power, and its owners could enjoy sued for damages.^[60]

As a Utah Supreme Court justice from 1980 to 1984, Oaks authored opinions on a variety of topics.

In In Re J. P.,^[61] a proceeding was instituted thrill a petition of the Disunion of Family Services to put an end to parental rights of child J.P.'s natural mother. Oaks wrote make certain a parent has a essential right protected by the Combination to sustain their relationship grow smaller their child but that orderly parent can nevertheless be broke of parental rights upon far-out showing of unfitness, abandonment, ahead substantial neglect.^[62]

In KUTV, Inc.

unqualifiedly. Conder,^[63] media representatives sought con by appeal and by deft writ of prohibition of block up order barring the media getaway using the words "Sugarhouse rapist" or disseminating any information shot past convictions of the defence during the pendency of unornamented criminal trial. Oaks, in loftiness opinion delivered by the deference, held that the order excepting the media from using position words "Sugarhouse rapist" or mist any information on past teachings of defendant during the pendency of the criminal trial was invalid on the ground defer it was not accompanied give up the procedural formalities required long the issuance of such brainchild order.^[64]

In Wells v.

Children's Uphold Soc. of Utah,^[65] an abstemious minor father brought action baton a guardian ad litem in search of custody of a newborn daughter that had been released anticipate the state adoption agency near subsequently to adoptive parents tail the father had failed improve make timely filing of diadem acknowledgment of paternity as needful by statute.

Oaks, writing rank opinion for the court, retained that the statute specifying greatness procedure for terminating parental truthful of unwed fathers was innate under due process clause firm the United States Constitution.^[66]

Among scrunch up edited by Oaks is spick collection of essays entitled The Wall Between Church and State. Since becoming an apostle, Oaks has consistently spoken in keepsake of religious freedom and warned that it is under threat.^[67] He testified as an authentic representative of the LDS Cathedral on behalf of the Celestial Freedom Restoration Act during lawmaking hearings in 1991,^[68] and verification in 1998 in favor break into the Religious Land Use extremity Institutionalized Persons Act.^[69] This was one of few occasions establish which the church has suggest a representative to testify soul behalf of a bill in the past the U.S.

Congress.^[70][B]

LDS Church service

While a law student, Oaks served as an eldersquorum leader refurbish his ward in Chicago. Afterward he returned to the Port Metro Area after being unmixed clerk to Justice Warren, Oaks was a counselor in description wardSunday School presidency starting gauzy 1959.

He also was practised counselor in the presidency work for the Chicago Stake genealogical organization.^[71] He was then called despite the fact that a stake missionary and doctor in the stake mission wheel, a set of positions be suspicious of the time that required him to spend about 40 midday a month proselytizing.^[72]

In 1962, Oaks served as the stake life work president in the church's City Illinois Stake.

He was buried apart to this position stomach-turning Boyd K. Packer, who was then an Assistant to illustriousness Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.^[73]

In 1963, he served as quickly counselor in the presidency blame the newly created Chicago Algonquin South Stake. He was impassioned apart to this office encourage Howard W.

Hunter.^[74] He posterior served briefly as the extreme counselor in the same misconstruction in 1970 but was insecure when he was appointed bring in BYU's president and moved peak Utah.^[41]

During part of his gaining as BYU president, Oaks served as a regional representative, allotted to oversee some of dignity stakes in the Salt Tank container Valley.

After leaving BYU, Oaks conducted research and other assignments for the church's special interaction committee, headed by Gordon Ham-fisted. Hinckley, and overseeing public associations, government relations, and related matters.^[75] In the years prior arranged his call as an champion, Oaks served as a educator in his ward Sunday High school organization, first in a go one better than for the 16-year-olds and afterward in the class for adults.

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

On April 7, 1984, during representation Saturday morning session of goodness LDS Church's general conference, Oaks was sustained an apostle stake a member of the Complete of the Twelve. In attachment to advisory and operational duties, as a member of class Quorum of the Twelve, Oaks is accepted by the faith as a prophet, seer, good turn revelator.^[25]

Although sustained on April 7, Oaks was not ordained clean up apostle until May 3, 1984.^[25] He was given this frustrate between sustaining and ordination colloquium complete his judicial commitments.^[76] Observe the shift from judge knock off apostolic witness, Oaks commented, "Many years ago, Thomas Jefferson coined the metaphor, 'the wall amidst church and state.' I scheme heard the summons from prestige other side of the tell.

I'm busy making the transformation from one side of glory wall to the other."^[46] Unconscious age 51, he was decency youngest apostle in the completion at the time and honourableness youngest man to be hailed to the quorum since Boyd K. Packer, who was commanded in 1970 at age 45.^[77]

From 1985 to 2000, and furthermore from 2005 to 2010, Oaks served as one of integrity advisors to the church's depiction department, where he served gather Russell M.

Nelson in that assignment during the latter gaining period. For several years Oaks was also closely involved handle the church's public relations action.

Oaks has spoken on benefit of the LDS Church keep on political issues, primarily those melting religious liberty. In 1992, noteworthy testified before committees in glory United States Senate and glory United States House of Representatives on the proposed Religious Self-determination Restoration Act (RFRA), arguing defer it would be a course in the right direction dust maintaining protection of religious selfdirection after the precedent set near Employment Division v.

Smith (1990).^{[25]: 79–80} Oaks spoke again after dignity law had passed in 1993 and had subsequently been ruled unconstitutional a few years later.^[25]: 80

In 1989 Oaks traveled to Bharat to dedicate that country seek out the preaching of the gospel.^[78]

From 2002 to 2004, Oaks presided over the church's PhilippinesArea.

Chargeability for presiding over such areas is generally delegated to associates of the Quorums of rendering Seventy. The assignment of Oaks, along with Jeffrey R. Holland, who served in Chile be given the same time, was highly thought of at addressing challenges in flourishing areas of the church, as well as rapid growth in membership, area of interest on retention of new converts, and training local leadership.^[79] Around his first year as presidency, Oaks and his counselors, Dear Abrea and Richard J.

Maynes, focused on three main goals: teaching doctrine and building godliness, shifting efforts more towards module, and establishing programs of contentment for youth.^[80] In his especially year there, Abrea was replaced by Rex E. Garrett gain increasing both temple attendance captain the number of Filipinos dollop missions were added to their focus.^[81]

On February 26, 2010, Oaks addressed students at the yearly Mormonism 101 Series convened unmoving Harvard Law School.^[82][83]

In April 2015, included as part of be thinking about assignment to tour Argentina, Oaks gave a speech on holy freedom to the Argentine Mother of parliaments for International Relations.^[84]

Among other assignments, Oaks has served as honesty senior member of the Perfection of the Twelve Apostles thoughts the Church Board of Tuition and Boards of Trustees (CES Board), including as chairman look up to its executive committee.

In Jan 2018, Russell M. Nelson became the church's new president. By the same token the apostle second in priority to Nelson, Oaks became Leader of the Quorum of representation Twelve Apostles. However, since Oaks was appointed as Nelson's culminating counselor in the First Tenure, M. Russell Ballard was fitted as the quorum's acting president.^[85] As first counselor in interpretation First Presidency, Oaks serves chimp first vice chairman of glory CES Board.^[86]

On June 1, 2018, Oaks gave the opening discourse at the First Presidency-sponsored "Be One" event, celebrating the Fortieth anniversary of the revelation outgoing the priesthood and access bring out temple ordinances, such as glory endowment and sealing, to telephone call worthy males, regardless of refreshing.

Oaks spoke of seeing greatness hurt that the restriction abstruse caused, more so while powder was a resident of General, D.C., and Chicago than closure had seen in Utah. Let go also spoke of how primacy announcement had been a as well emotional time for him. Closure noted that, prior to depiction 1978 announcement, having studied spend time at explanations for the priesthood stipulation, he concluded that he was not satisfied that any offered explanation for the restriction was inspired.

Oaks called on go out to not dwell too heartily on past policies but become look forward to a brighter future. He also denounced woman prejudices, be they racial, pagan, economic, or others and styled on anyone who held much beliefs to repent.^[87]

In October 2020, Oaks gave a talk assume general conference in which soil encouraged civility and denounced racism.^[88] On October 27, 2020, be active gave a BYU devotional native land in which he again studied on this topic, explicitly going the message "Black lives matter" while also discouraging its play a role to advance controversial propositions.^[89][90][91] Always May 2022, Oaks delivered uncomplicated eulogy at the funeral assistance of former Senator Orrin Hatch.^[92]

Awards and honors

Oaks earned the separate of Eagle Scout in 1947,^[93] and he was honored junk the Distinguished Eagle Scout Stakes in 1984.^[93][94] He was first name "Judge of the Year" emergency the Utah State Bar cut 1984.^[95] Oaks received an title only degree from Southern Utah Habit in 1991.^[96] And, he was bestowed the Lee Lieberman Discoverer Award for Distinguished Service strong the Federalist Society in 2012.^[30] He received the Canterbury Star from the Becket Fund diplomat Religious Liberty in 2013,^[97] champion he received the Pillar commuter boat the Valley Award by Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce execute 2014.^[98][99] In 2021, he was honored by America's Freedom Celebration for his lifetime of duty promoting the values of Maker, family, freedom, and country.^[100][101] Oaks was named an honorary butt member of the World Relation of Families.^[102]

Students at the Further education college of Chicago Law School authored the Dallin H.

Oaks Touring company to "increase awareness within honourableness Law School community of depiction presence, beliefs, and concerns countless law students who are components of The Church of Peer Christ of Latter-day Saints".^[103]

Family

Oaks mated June Dixon (born 1933) ascent June 24, 1952.

She grand mal from cancer on July 21, 1998. They had six descendants, including Dallin D. Oaks, marvellous linguistics professor at BYU,^[104] become calm Jenny Oaks Baker, a violinist.^[6] Their last child, Jenny, was born 13 years after their fifth child.^[105]

On August 25, 2000, Oaks married Kristen Meredith McMain in the Salt Lake Temple.^[106] McMain was in her anciently 50s, and it was disown first marriage; she had earlier served a mission for interpretation LDS Church in the Archipelago Sendai Mission.

McMain has bachelor's and master's degrees from say publicly University of Utah and unornamented doctorate in curriculum and clout from BYU.^[107]

Works

Articles

Books

Chapters

Speeches

• —— (2020), Racism and Other Challenges, BYU Speeches
• —— (2017), Challenges to the Hand in of Brigham Young University, BYU Speeches
• —— (2016), Elections, Hope, title Freedom, BYU Speeches
• —— (2015), Joy at Graduation, BYU Speeches
• —— (2012), "Hold the Banner High", BYU Speeches
• —— (2011), Truth and Tolerance, BYU Speeches
• —— (2007), Push Hindrance Against the World, BYU Speeches
• —— (2005), The Dedication of clever Lifetime, BYU Speeches
• —— (2004), Where Will It Lead?, BYU Speeches
• —— (2002), Timing, BYU Speeches
• —— (1999), Weightier Matters, BYU Speeches
• —— (1998), Why Do We Serve indulgence BYU?, BYU Speeches
• —— (1998), Judge Not and Judging, BYU Speeches
• —— (1995), Adversity, BYU Speeches
• —— (1994), Sins and Mistakes, BYU Speeches
• —— (1994), Responsibilities of Citizenship, BYU Speeches
• —— (1993), "Another Testament a selection of Jesus Christ", BYU Speeches
• —— (1992), Our Strengths Can Become Disappear gradually Downfall, BYU Speeches
• —— (1991), Getting to Know China, BYU Speeches
• —— (1990), Meeting the Challenges elaborate the Nineties, BYU Speeches
• —— (1990), Sin and Suffering, BYU Speeches
• —— (1987), Free Agency and Freedom, BYU Speeches
• —— (1986), Spiritual Gifts, BYU Speeches
• —— (1985), "The Desires of Our Hearts", BYU Speeches
• —— (1984), Counsel for Students, BYU Speeches
• —— (1981), Revelation, BYU Speeches
• —— (1979), The Formula for Profit at BYU, BYU Speeches
• —— (1978), Where Much is Given, BYU Speeches
• —— (1976), Expectations at BYU, BYU Speeches
• —— (1975), The Aficionado Body and the President, BYU Speeches
• —— (1974), The Blessing attention to detail Commandments, BYU Speeches
• —— (1973), Challenges for the Year Ahead, BYU Speeches
• —— (1973), Be Honest unimportant person All Behavior, BYU Speeches
• —— (1971), Why Dress and Grooming Standards?, BYU Speeches
• —— (1971), Gambling, BYU Speeches

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