Mac Christensen (born 1934) is the founder of the Salt Lake City based clothing retailer "Mr. Mac". He also currently serves as the president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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Before opening his own business, Christensen had a background with clothing retail at a large Salt Lake City department store. In 1964 he opened his first store in Bountiful, Utah, which emphasized Mormon missionary apparel.
Christensen and his wife Joan are the parents of eight children. Their son Steve Christensen, a Salt Lake City business man and document dealer, was murdered by document forger Mark Hofmann in 1985.
Prior to becoming president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christensen was director of the Washington DC Temple Visitors Center. Christensen became president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 2000.
Christensen served for eight years as a member of the Weber State University Board of Trustees.
In 2006, Christensen co-chaired Orrin Hatch's Senate re-election campaign with Stan Parish.[1] In 2010 he co-chaired the Senate campaign of Democrat Sam Granato, his friend.[2]