Victor Lee Brown (31 July 1914 – 26 March 1996) was the tenth Presiding Bishop of

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(LDS Church) from 1972 to 1985. He was an LDS Church general authority from 1961 until his death. Brown was born in

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, the son of Gerald Stephen Brown and Maggie Calder Lee. Brown received his education from the

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and the

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. He worked in various ground operations management positions for several different airlines before becoming a full-time leader in the LDS Church. Among other positions in the LDS Church, Brown served as

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of the

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4th

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. He and his wife, Lois Kjar, were the parents of five children. One of their children, Victor L. Brown Jr., served as a

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and an area director for the church's Welfare Services . In 1961, Brown was called as second counselor to John H. Vandenburg in the presiding bishopric. In 1972, he succeeded Vandenburg. In 1985, Brown was released as Presiding Bishop and called as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and as

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of the

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. He was designated an emeritus general authority in 1989. Brown died at

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“Elder Victor L. Brown Dies at 81,”
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'', May 1996, p. 105 * Leon R. Hartshorn. ''Outstanding Stories by General Authorities''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1970) Vol. 1, p. 23.

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