Edward L. Kimball

Edward Lawrence Kimball (born September 1930) is an emeritus law professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) who has written biographies of his father, Spencer W. Kimball, and his mother, Camilla Eyring Kimball. Mormon historians have described these as "well crafted" biographies.^[1] Kimball's biography of his father, a president of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), has also been listed among "60 Significant Mormon Biographies".^[2] Lengthen Your Stride, his history of his father's church presidency, has also been widely recognized.

Kimball was born in Arizona and suffered from polio as a child. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Netherlands.^[3] He received a bachelors degree in history and a law degree from the University of Utah. Kimball than went on to earn two further law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kimball wrote an article on Henry Eyring and Harvey Fletcher published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.^[4] Kimball served as the editor of his father's book Faith Precedes the Miracle. More notably Edward L. Kimball was the compiler and editor of the widely cited work, The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1982).

Kimball has published an in-depth study on the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood received by his father.^[5] He has also written an article on the history of LDS Church temple admissions standards.^[6]

As a lawyer, Kimball specialized in evidence law.^[7] He also wrote a biography of Frank J. Remington. He also wrote on criminal cases in appellate courts.^[8]

Kimball has served in several positions in the LDS Church, including bishop.

Kimball married the late Evelyn Bee Madsen (1929-2012) in 1954.^{[9] [10]} They are the parents of seven children.

Prior to joining the faculty of BYU, Kimball was a law professor and chairman of the Curriculum Committee at the University of Wisconsin Law School.^[11] Kimball started his career as a law professor at the University of Montana, where he taught from 1956-1962. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin from 1962-1973. He was at BYU from 1973 until 1995 when he was granted emeritus status.^[12]

Publications

• Spencer W. Kimball, The Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (with Andrew E. Kimball, Jr.), Bookcraft, 1977.
• Camilla: A Biography of Camilla Eyring Kimball. With Carolina Eyring Miner. Deseret Book, 1980.
• Ed., The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball. Bookcraft, 1982.
• The Story of Spencer W. Kimball, A Short Man, A Long Stride. with A. E. Kimball, Jr. Bookcraft, 1985.
• Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball. Deseret Book, 2005.
• Andrew Kimball: Father of a Prophet. Deseret Book, 2011.

Sources

• Edward L. Kimball at the MLCA Database
• article from JSTOR co-authored by Kimball that mentions him being a law professor
• Ensign, December 1993, p. 22, short bio connected with article by Kimball
• Meridian Magazine bio of Kimball
• Interview on Mormon Stories
• BYU Magazine review of Lengthen Your Stride

References