Lynn G. Robbins

Lynn G. Robbins

Lynn Grant Robbins (born 27 October 1952) was a co-founder of Franklin Quest Company and has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1997.

Robbins was born in Payson, Utah and was raised in Springville, Utah. From 1971 to 1973 he served as a LDS Church missionary in the church's Argentina North Mission. After his mission he married Jan Neilson.

Robbins received a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Utah State University and a master's degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona.

In 1983, Robbins was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute, which latter became Franklin Quest and eventually Franklin Covey.

Amongst other positions in the LDS Church, Robbins has served as an early-morning seminary teacher and as a bishop. From 1994 to 1997 Robbins was the president of the Uruguay Montevideo Mission. In this position, Robbins started a program to involve the youth of the church in directly working with the missionaries that led to several baptisms.

Robbins was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1997. In 2000 he became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. In 2003 and 2004 he was a member of the general presidency of the church's Young Men organization.

Robbins is the father of seven children. He is a great-great-grandson of George Reynolds.

References

* "2007 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2006) p. 38
* "Church News", June 28, 1997; August 24, 1996
* [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=800a57b60090c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Lynn G. Robbins Of the Seventy,”] "Ensign", May 1997, p. 106

External sources

* [http://gapages.com/robbilg1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Lynn G. Robbins]


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