Carl w buechner biography of williams
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Carl W. Buehner
American Mormon leader (1898–1974)
Carl William Buehner (December 27, 1898 – November 11, 1974) was a German-American politician who was general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1952 to 1961 and was the Republican Party candidate for governor of Utah in the 1968 election.
Buehner was born in Stuttgart, Germany. As a child, his family emigrated to krydda Lake City, Utah. Buehner was a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Prior to his call as a general authority, Buehner served in the LDS Church as a bishop and stake president and was a member of the Church Welfare Committee. In 1952, he was called as second counselor to the church's Presiding BishopJoseph L. Wirthlin. He served in this capacity until 1961, when Wirthlin was succeeded by John H. Vandenburg.
Immediately following his release, Buehner was called as second assistant to Joseph T. Bentley in the general superintendency of the ch
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Buechner, (Carl) Frederick 1926-
PERSONAL: Born July 11, 1926, in New York, NY; son of Carl Frederick and Katherine (Kuhn) Buechner; married Judith Friedrike Merck, April 7, 1956; children: Katherine, Dinah, Sharman. Education: Lawrenceville School, graduated 1943; Princeton University, A.B., 1948; Union Theological Seminary, B.D., 1958.
ADDRESSES: Home—3572 State Route 315, Pawlet, VT 05761-9753. Office—P.O. Box 1145, Pawlet, VT 05761. Agent—Lucy Kroll Agency, 390 West End Ave., New York, NY 10024 (drama); Harriet Wasserman, 137 East 36th St., New York, NY 10016.
CAREER: Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ, teacher of English, 1948-53; instructor in creative writing, New York University, summers, 1953, 1954; East Harlem Protestant Parish, New York, färsk, head of employment clinic, 1954-58; ordained minister of the United Presbyterian Church, 1958; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, chair of department of religion, 1958-60, school minister, 1960-67; writer, 1967—