Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Kristen McMain will be married Aug. 25 in the Salt Lake Temple.
The LDS Church Public Affairs Office said this is the second marriage for Elder Oaks and the first for McMain. Elder Oaks' first wife, June Dixon Oaks, died July 21, 1998.
Elder Oaks turned 68 Aug. 12, but McCain's age was not released.
Ordained as an apostle May 3, 1984, Elder Oaks is a graduate of Brigham Young University in accounting. He received a juris doctorate cum laude from the University of Chicago. He has served as a law clerk to Chief U.S. Justice Earl Warren and was a professor of law at the University Chicago for 10 years.
He also served for nine years as president of BYU and three years as a Utah Supreme Court justice. He has also been executive director of the American Bar Foundation. He was born in Provo.
Elder Oaks and his first wife are the parents of six children.
McMain is the daughter of Dr. William A. and Margaret McMain of Salt Lake City. She has a doctorate in education from Brigham Young University, as well as a bachelor's degree in English and a master's in special education from the University of Utah.
She also has worked for 15 years in the book publishing business both domestically and internationally, according to information provided by the church. She also served in the Japan Sendai Mission and was reared in Salt Lake City.