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About John M. Madsen
- John Max Madsen (born April 24, 1939) is a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
- He has been a general authority since 1992. Madsen's father, Louis L.
- Madsen, was an employee of the US Department of Agriculture, at the time of his birth.
- When he was six his family moved to Logan, Utah where his father was a professor at and later present of Utah State University.
- Madsen was later raised in Pullman, Washington.
- He served as a missionary in the North Central State Mission from 1959-1961.
- He earned his bachelor's degree at Washington State University, majoring in zoology and minoring in chemistry.
- Madsen had planned to go to dental school but instead became a seminary teacher and spent much of his career with the Church Educational System (CES).
- In 1968, Madsen was sent to England as the first seminary teacher to work there.
- For a time, Madsen served as a CES coordinator in England.
- He also served as an institute instructor and later as a religion professor at Brigham Young University (BYU).
- Madsen got both his master's and Ed.D.
- from BYU.
- Madsen was later an LDS Church employee, serving in the Melchizedek Priesthood Department and other administrative roles.
- He was among the contributors to the 1992 Encyclopedia of Mormonism.Prior to his call as a general authority, Madsen served in the LDS Church as a regional representative and as president of the England Southwest Mission (1970 to 1973).
- He also served as a member of the Young Men General Board and as a stake mission president.
- In 1992, Madsen became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy.
- In 1997 he was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy. As a general authority, Madsen's assignments included serving as president of the church's Mexico North Area, and in the presidency of the North America West, North America Northwest, Philippines, and Australia/New Zealand areas.
- He also served in the general presidency of the church's Young Men organization, having also served as a member of the organization's general board earlier in his life.Madsen was designated as an emeritus general authority at the church's October 2009 general conference.
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