Eight new mission presidents have been called by the First Presidency. The mission presidents and their wives will begin their service about July 1. The new mission presidents and their assignments are:
- E Ray Bateman, 58, California Carlsbad Mission; St. Charles 1st Ward, St. Louis Missouri North Stake; branch president's counselor; former multi-region welfare agent, high councilor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor, Sunday School teacher, priests quorum adviser, Explorer adviser, and missionary in the Canadian Mission; retired sales manager of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.; attended BYU and the University of Utah; born in Murray, Utah, to Marlon Samuel and Mary Armstrong Bateman; married Mira Odette, five children. She is a stake missionary; former stake Young Women president's counselor, Relief Society president and counselor, Primary teacher and inservice leader, Young Women and Primary president, Relief Society teacher, and librarian; born in Long Beach, Calif., to Leonald Alphonse and Mildred Freda Paulson Odette.- David L. Beck, 43, Brazil Rio de Janeiro North Mission; Mueller Park 7th Ward, Bountiful Utah Mueller Park Stake; bishop; former bishop's counselor, elders quorum president and counselor, deacons quorum adviser, and missionary in the Brazil North Central Mission; president of Pro-Mark Inc.; received bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and master's degree in engineering administration from the University of Utah; born in Salt Lake City to Wayne Moore and Evelyn Williams Moon Beck; married Robyn Ericksen, four children. She is a Relief Society teacher; former Young Women president and counselor, Primary president's counselor, and Primary teacher; received bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah and attended Utah State University; born in Salt Lake City to Max Ray and Lelsle Grames Blunt Ericksen.
- Fred C. Dimaya, 50, Philippines Tacloban Mission; Binan 1st Ward, Las Pinas Philippines Stake; bishop; former regional representative, mission president's counselor, stake president and counselor, stake employment specialist, and branch president; area human resource manager for the Church; received associate's degree in English literature and philosophy from the University of the Philippines and University of San Carlos, bachelor's degree in preparatory medicine from the Cebu Institute of Technology, and studied medicine at the Cebu Institute of Medicine; born in Dumaguete City, Philippines, to Pedro Damo Dimaya Sr. and Venida Piedad Cabanos Dimaya; married Maria Leonardo, nine children. She is Young Women president; former stake Primary president, ward Relief Society and Primary president, seminary teacher, and chorister and choir director; attended the University of Santo Tomas; born in Nasipit, Philippines, to Armando Hunt and Amelia Guison Morelos Leonardo.
- Larry O. Haslam, 62, Japan Tokyo North Mission; Northwood Ward, Logan Utah Cache Stake; former stake president, high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, elders quorum president, and missionary in the Japan Mission; high school administrator; received bachelor's degree in history and political science and master's degree in history and education from Utah State University, and certificate and degree in school administration from Idaho State University and Arizona State University; born in Lewiston, Utah, to Joseph Kerr and Zetta Marler Haslam; married Priscilla Wade, four children. She is a visiting teacher coordinator; former Relief Society president and teacher, Primary president and counselor, Sunday School and Young Women teacher, Cub Scout leader, and music chairman; received bachelor's degree in elementary education and child development from Utah State University; born in Monroe, Utah, to Ellis Maycock and Bernice Washburn Wade.
- Tekehu M. Munanui, 56, Tahiti Papeete Mission; Legrand Ward, Salt Lake Park Stake; bishop; former high councilor, member of stake mission presidency, stake clerk, bishop's counselor, clerk, elders quorum president and counselor, and Sunday School president; language supervisor for Church translation department; received bachelor's degree from BYU-Hawaii in English and math; born in Hao, Tuamotu, French Polynesia, to Tehono And Ninirei Katomea Tekehu Munanui; married Henriette Yim Yiu Cheung, five children. She is Primary nursery leader; former stake Young Women president's counselor, Relief Society compassionate service leader, Primary secretary and teacher; attended Honolulu Business College and BYU-Hawaii; born in Iituroa, Raiatea, French Polynesia, to Asion and Marereva Raitupu Yim Yiu Cheung.
- Bruce F. Sorensen, 65, Texas Houston Mission; Monument Park 17th Ward, Salt Lake Monument Park North Stake; Sunday School teacher; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Sunday School president's counselor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and missionary in the Central Atlantic States Mission; neurosurgeon; received bachelor's degree in biological science from the University of Utah and medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine; born in Aurora, Ill., to Alton Harry and Ruth Edith Bergquist Sorensen; married Suzanne Burbidge, five children. She is choir director; former member of the General Church Music Committee, stake Relief Society president, Primary president's counselor, Relief Society president's counselor, Laurel adviser, Lambda Delta Sigma officer, and nursery leader; received bachelor's degree in music from the University of Utah; born in Salt Lake City to Leslie David and Grace Kirkham Burbidge.
- Wilfried M. Voge, 52, Ukraine Kiev Mission; Corona del Mar Ward, Newport Beach California Stake; stake missionary; former stake Sunday School president's counselor, bishop's counselor, branch president, Sunday School president and teacher, seminary teacher, and missionary in the Central German Mission; teacher of applied linguistics at UCLA; received bachelor's degree in German from BYU and master's degree and doctorate in German linguistics from the University of California-Berkeley; born in Lavenburg, Germany, to Emil Otto and Katharina Ragna Wilma Mueller Voge; married Maria Kozbur, two children. She is Relief Society president; former stake Relief Society secretary, Primary president's counselor, Relief Society president's counselor, Relief Society secretary, Sunday School teacher, and nursery leader; received bachelor's degree in environmental design from California State University at Fullerton and attended the International School for Art and Decoration in Madrid, Spain; born in Munich, Germany, to Taras Roman and Oksana E. Kniazynska Kozbur.
- Lynn P. Wallace, 62, Brazil Florianopolis Mission; Edgemont 8th Ward, Provo Utah Edgemont South Stake; bishop; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, district president, bishop and counselor, Varsity coach, and Scoutmaster; associate professor at BYU; received bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the University of Utah and master's degree in civil/environmental engineering and doctorate in environmental engineering at West Virginia University; born in Salt Lake City to William Henry and LaVelle Pyper Wallace; married Dorothy Mangum, eight children. She is stake Young Women president; former stake Young Women president's counselor, Relief Society president, Primary president's counselor, Relief Society homemaking leader, Laurel adviser, chorister, and accompanist; received bachelor's degree in design illustration from BYU; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Montel and Ruth Afton Dahle Mangum.