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Young Men Presidencies

Young Men Organization Research Guide

This is a list of the presidencies of the YMMIA and the Young Men organizations. When photographs are available, they are linked to the individual. Some photographs in the Church History Catalog may be copyright protected, which means you must be signed in with your Church Account to view them.

Superintendent/President	1^st Assistant/1st Counselor	2^ndAssistant/2^nd Counselor
Junius F. Wells (1876-1880)	Milton H. Hardy (1876-1880)	Rodney C. Badger (1876-1880)
Wilford Woodruff (1880-1898)	Joseph F. Smith (1880-1898)	Moses Thatcher (1880-1898)
Lorenzo Snow (1898-1901)	Joseph F. Smith (1898-1901)	Heber J. Grant (1898-1901) B. H. Roberts (1898-1901)
Joseph F. Smith (1901-1918)	Heber J. Grant (1901-1918)	B. H. Roberts (1901-1918)
Anthony W. Ivins (1918-1921)	B. H. Roberts (1918-1921)	Richard R. Lyman (1918-1921)
George Albert Smith (1921-1935)	B. H. Roberts (1921-1922) Richard R. Lyman (1922-1935)	Richard R. Lyman (1921-1922) Melvin J. Ballard (1922-1935)
Albert E. Bowen (1935-1937)	George Q. Morris (1935-1937)	Franklin L. West (1935-1937)
George Q. Morris (1937-1948)	Joseph J. Cannon (1937-1945) John D. Giles (1945-1948)	Burton K. Farnsworth (1937-1945) Lorenzo H. Hatch (1945-1948)
Elbert R. Curtis (1948-1958)	A. Walter Stevenson (1948-1958)	Ralph W. Hardy (1948) David S. King (1948-1958)
Joseph T. Bentley (1958-1962)	Alvin R. Dyer (1958) G. Carlos Smith (1958-1961) Marvin J. Ashton (1961-1962)	G. Carlos Smith (1958) Marvin J. Ashton (1958-1961) Verl F. Scott (1961) Carl W. Buehner (1961-1962)
G. Carlos Smith (1962-1969)	Marvin J. Ashton (1962-1969)	Carl W. Buehner (1962-1967) George R. Hill III (1967-1969)
W. Jay Eldredge (1969-1972)	George R. Hill III (1969-1971) George I. Cannon (1972)	George I. Cannon (1969-1972) Robert L. Backman (1972)
Robert L. Backman (1972-1974)	LeGrand Curtis (1972-1974)	Jack H. Goaslind (1972-1974)
Victor L. Brown (1974-1977) Presiding Bishopric¹	H. Burke Peterson (1974-1977) Presiding Bishopric	J. Richard Clarke (1974-1977) Presiding Bishopric
Neil D. Schaerrer (1977-1979)²	Graham W. Doxey (1977-1979)	Quinn G. McKay (1977-1979)
Robert L. Backman (1979-1985)	Vaughn J. Featherstone (1979-1985)	Rex D. Pinegar (1979-1985)
Vaughn J. Featherstone (1985-1990)	Rex D. Pinegar (1985-1989) Jeffrey R. Holland (1989-1990)	Robert L. Simpson (1985-1986) Hartman Rector Jr. (1986-1988) Robert B. Harbertson (1988-1989) Monte J. Brough (1989-1990)
Jack H. Goaslind (1990-1998)	LeGrand R. Curtis (1990-1991) Robert K. Dellenbach (1991-1992) Stephen D. Nadauld (1992-1996) Vaughn J. Featherstone (1996-1997) F. David Stanley (1997) Robert K. Dellenbach (1997-1998)	Robert K. Dellenbach (1990-1991) Stephen D. Nadauld (1991-1992) L. Lionel Kendrick (1992-1993) Vaughn J. Featherstone (1993-1996) F. David Stanley (1996-1997) Robert K. Dellenbach (1997) F. Melvin Hammond (1997-1998)
Robert K. Dellenbach (1998-2001)	F. Melvin Hammond (1998-2001)	John M. Madsen (1998-2001)
F. Melvin Hammond (2001-2004)	Glenn L. Pace (2001-2003) Lynn G. Robbins (2003-2004)	Spencer J. Condie (2001-2003) Donald L. Hallstrom (2003-2004)
Charles W. Dahlquist II (2004-2009)	Dean R. Burgess (2004-2009)	Michael A. Neider (2004-2009)
David L. Beck (2009-2015)	Larry M. Gibson (2009-2015)	Adrián Ochoa (2009-2013) Randall L. Ridd (2013-2015)
Stephen W. Owen (2015-2020)	Douglas D. Holmes (2015-2020)	M. Joseph Brough (2015-2020)
Steven J. Lund (2020-Present)	Ahmad S. Corbitt (2020–Present)	Bradley R. Wilcox (2020– Present)

Notes

1. On 24 June 1974, the Presiding Bishopric was called to direct the youth of the Church. In doing this, the Young Men General Presidency was dissolved. In 1977, the Young Men General Presidency was reinstated. See “Priesthood to Direct Youth of the Church,” Church News, 29 June 1974.

2. In 1977, the youth programs were altered. There was a new Young Men presidency called and the name became the Young Men’s organization. See “Youth Programs are Refined,” Church News, 21 May 1977.

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