Former state Sen. Dixie Leavitt, the father of Gov. Mike Leavitt, has been named director of the St. George LDS Temple Visitors Center.
Leavitt, 63, is a retired insurance company executive who retired from the Senate after serving in the Utah Legislature for nearly two decades.He has served as president of the England Leeds Mission, a church high councilor and bishop's counselor. He and his wife, Phyllis, live in nearby Cedar City.
The appointment was announced Friday by the church's ruling First Presidency.