Charging him to act as BYU's
"chief moral and spiritual officer" and elevate the school's core mission as an undergraduate teaching institution, Latter-day Saint leaders formally installedThe robust ceremony in a packed Marriott Center was drenched in the orchestral pomp and academic-robed circumstance of any collegiate presidential inauguration, but unmistakably directed by the university's sponsor, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose leaders comprise the school's board of...
Reese was visibly moved after they asked his wife, Wendy Reese, to place the university medallion around his neck. She hugged him, and President Oaks embraced him. Reese then became emotional during the first of two standing ovations for him. Elder Ronald A. Rasband, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the executive committee of the board of trustees, said Reese and his wife both were approved by the First Presidency and full board. He said Reese had prepared himself for the role academically, spiritually and personally.
Elder Christofferson conferred on Reese the responsibilities and authority to act as the university's chief executive officer, institutional spokesman and overseer of its assets. The inauguration was a gathering of BYU history attended by former BYU presidents Merrill J. Bateman, Cecil O. Samuelson and Kevin J Worthen, and Sister Janet Lee Chamberlain, who was the wife of late BYU President Rex Lee.
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