Some important events in the life of President James E. Faust:
July 31, 1920 — Born in Delta to George A. Faust and Amy Finlinson Faust
1937 — Graduated from Granite High School
1937-39 and 1945-48 — Attended University of Utah, receiving bachelor's of arts and juris doctorate degrees
1939-1942 — Served a mission to Brazil
April 21, 1943 — Married Ruth Wright in the Salt Lake Temple
1942-1945 — Served in the Air Corps, discharged as a first lieutenant
Dec. 14, 1947 — Sustained as a high councilor in the Big Cottonwood Stake
Jan. 16, 1949 — Sustained as first counselor in the Cottonwood Ward bishopric
1949-51 — Served in the Utah House of Representatives
May 8, 1949 — Sustained as bishop of the Big Cottonwood Ward
May 29, 1955 — Sustained as second counselor in the Cottonwood Stake presidency
March 18, 1956 — Sustained as Cottonwood Stake president
May 31, 1962 — Elected president of the Utah State Bar
Dec. 14, 1968 — Called as a regional representative
January 1970 — Appointed to the Deseret News board of directors
Oct. 6, 1972 — Sustained as an assistant to the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church
November 1972 — Named managing director of Melchizedek Priesthood MIA
April 20, 1975 — Inducted into the Granite High School Hall of Fame
Oct. 1, 1976 — Sustained to the presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy
September 1978 — Named to head Utah's Friendship Force travel program
Sept. 30, 1978 — Sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve
>March 12, 1995 — Set apart as second counselor to LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley
>June 29, 1995 — Honored by the Utah State Bar with the Distinguished Lawyer Emeritus Award.
March 2, 1996 — Received a medal from Utah Arts Council for contributions to community service
June 26, 1996 — Received the Minuteman Award from the Utah National Guard
Aug. 14, 1997 — Received an honorary doctorate in Christian service from Brigham Young University
April 27, 1998 — Became an honorary citizen of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in a City Hall ceremony
May 10, 2002 — Spoke at the University of Utah commencement and received an honorary degree
Feb. 28, 2003 — Became the first recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the J. Reuben Clark Law Society
March 16, 2004 — Received a humanitarian award from the Utah Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews
March 22, 2006 — Received the 2006 Distinguished Utahn of the Year honor from the BYU Management Society
Sept. 21, 2006 — Received the Utah State Bar's Lifetime Service to the Bar Award