Dan Jay Workman, 69, of the Park 1st Ward, Orem Utah Park Stake, has been called by the First Presidency to serve as president of the Vernal Utah Temple. He will succeed President Alva C. Snow, effective April 1, 1999. Pres. Workman's wife, Lola Barbara Gibbons Workman, will serve as temple matron.
Pres. Workman has been serving as first counselor in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple since August 1996. He has served as a member of the Sunday School General Board and the General Melchizedek Priesthood Committee, patriarch, mission president, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, high councilor, elders quorum president and Young Men president. He is a retired seminary teacher, institute director, and CES administrator. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Utah State University and a doctorate in education from Washington State University. He was born in Vernal, Utah, to Henry and Jennie Oaks Workman.Sister Workman has been serving as an assistant to the matron at the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple. She has also served as an assistant editor of International Magazines, stake Relief Society president, and as a ward Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society president. Sister Workman graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor of science degree. She was born in Logan, Utah, to Andrew H. and Lola Heaton Gibbons. They are the parents of nine children.