Donald L. Staheli
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Donald Lafayette Staheli (born October 19, 1931) was an American business executive and was a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1997 to 2006.
Staheli was born in St. George, Utah and was raised in Hurricane, Utah. He received a B.S. degree from Utah State University and then an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He also served for two years in the United States Air Force.
Staheli was the CEO of Allied Mills and then CEO of Continental Grain. He was the CEO of Continental Grain and the chair of the U.S.–China Business Council at the time of his call to be a general authority. He was also an advisor to the mayor of Shanghai, Zhu Rongji.[1]
Staheli was serving as president of the LDS Church's Yorktown New York Stake at the time of his call as a general authority. He became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in April 2002, when he was living in New Canaan, Connecticut. He served as president of the North America Central Area at the time that the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was dedicated. Staheli was released as a general authority in 2006.
[edit] Notes
- ^ 2005 Distinguished Service Award Recipient: Donald L. Staheli, ldsinternationalsociety.org, accessed 2008-05-16.
[edit] References
- 2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 103
- “Elder Donald L. Staheli Of the Seventy,” Ensign, May 1997, p. 107
- Church News, May 4, 2002; July 12, 1997
