Iron County Record | 1974-01-24 | Page 4 | Blaine Johnson to Speak at LDS Forum

Blaine Johnson to speak at LDS Forum The speaker at the LDS Institute In-stitute Lecture Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 29, will be Bishop Bish-op Blaine H. Johnson. He will be speaking on the topic, "Is the Church Really Where It's At?" Bp. Johnson was raised in Spanish Fork, where he attended at-tended high school. He received receiv-ed his Bachelor's degree from BYU, his master's from BYU and Columbia, and his Doctorate Doc-torate from Columbia University. Univer-sity. While in New York he attended the Union and Jewish Jew-ish Theological Seminaries. He has also sung professionally in various churches. Bp. Johnson served in the South Pacific in the Armed Forces as Company Commander Command-er during World War n. He was an artillery officer in 1350 in Korea. He taught at Dixie College 1948-50. He has taught in the Music Department at SUSC since 1951. Bp. Johnson was a high councilman in the Cedar West Stake. He is presently serving as Bishop of the Cedar 8th Ward. Bishop Johnson married Loa Matthews of Pocatello. They had five children, one of whom has died.