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About Sterling W. Sill
- Sterling Welling Sill (March 31, 1903 – May 25, 1994) was a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
- He was an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1954 to 1976 and was a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1976 to 1978.
- In 1978, he received general authority emeritus status.Born in Layton, Utah, Sill was a Mormon missionary in the southern United States from 1924 to 1926. Sill studied at the University of Utah and Utah State University.
- He later served as a member of the University of Utah Board of Regents for many years including several years as the chairman of that board. Prior to being called as a general authority, Sill served in many callings in the LDS Church, including ten years as a bishop.
- He and his wife, Doris Mary Thornley, were the parents of three children.From his book "How to Personally Profit From the Laws of Success," comes this brief biography of Sterling's life: "The story of Sterling W.
- Sill's life is a personal and financial success story.
- As his own experience attests: 'there is no such thing as a lack of opportunity.
- The important thing is to believe, and then take the first step.' Readers of Mr.
- Sill's twenty-one books and listeners to his many radio broadcasts will welcome this new volume...
- ...Entering the insurance business as a salesman for New York Life in 1927, he rose quickly in the company.
- Under his direction the Intermountain General Office became the largest office of the entire company in sales volume and remained so for many years.
- Mr.
- Sill served on the Board of Regents at the University of Utah and a building on the campus is named in his honor.
- He has also served as President of the Salt Lake Exchange Club and of the Salt Lake Association of Life Underwriters.
- He is listed in Who's Who in America, 1976-1977.
- The quality of courage which Sterling W.
- Sill esteems is not absent from his own life.
- In 1960 he was awarded the Carnegie Hero Medal for helping to save a thirteen year old boy from drowning in the ocean."
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