Charles W. Dahlquist II
Charles Winston Dahlquist II (born 1947) is a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). He was the general president of the Young Men organization of the LDS Church from 2004 to 2009, and in 2016 was named National Commissioner of the BSA.
Born in Provo, Utah, to Charles Winston Dahlquist and Afton Ahlander, Dahlquist grew up in Boise, Idaho. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Swiss Mission in the 1960s and has been a stake president and president of the Germany Hamburg Mission. Dahlquist has been involved in Scouting most of his life and is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award,[1] the highest honor the BSA can bestow on an adult for service to youth.
Dahlquist has a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from the University of Utah. He is a member of the law firm of Kirton and McConkie. Dahlquist has been involved in medical malpractice defense and risk managagement law. Dahlquist has been the honorary consul for Germany since 2000.
On April 3, 2004, LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley asked that Dahlquist become the general president of the church's Young Men auxiliary.[2] It was the first time since Neil D. Schaerrer was appointed to the same position in 1977 that a church general authority was not the Young Men general president. Dahlquist asked Dean R. Burgess and Michael A. Neider to be his counselors in the Young Men general presidency. In 2009, Dahlquist was succeeded by David L. Beck. Dahlquist was the 20th president of the Young Men in its history.
Dahlquist married Zella B. Darley in the Salt Lake Temple on June 2, 1969, and they are the parents of five daughters.
In August 2009, Dahlquist was named president-elect of the Great Salt Lake Council of the BSA.[3]
In May 2016, Dahlquist was named National Commissioner for the BSA.[4]
Notes
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- ↑ "The Sustaining of Church Officers", Ensign, May 2004, p. 24.
- ↑ "Dahlquist named president-elect of local Boy Scouts council", Deseret News, August 15, 2009.
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References
- "Charles W. Dahlquist II Young Men General President", Liahona, May 2004, p. 126.
- Kirton and McConkie profile for Dahlquist
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Young Men General President 2004–2009 |
Succeeded by David L. Beck |
- American Mormon missionaries in Germany
- General Presidents of the Young Men (organization)
- Brigham Young University alumni
- S.J. Quinney College of Law alumni
- Mission presidents (LDS Church)
- American Mormon missionaries in Switzerland
- People from Sandy, Utah
- Utah lawyers
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- Living people
- 1947 births
- People from Boise, Idaho
- American leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Religious leaders from Idaho
- People associated with the Boy Scouts of America
- National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America members
