Henry Johnson Eyring (born September 19, 1963) is an American

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who has been the 17th president of

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(BYU–Idaho) since April 10, 2017. Since April 2019, he has also served as an

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(LDS Church). He previously served as both the Academic and Advancement vice president at BYU-Idaho, as well as director of the

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(MSB) MBA program at

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(BYU).

Early life and education

Eyring was born in

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, a son of Henry B. Eyring and Kathleen (née Johnson). Eyring's family lived in the

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while his father taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business until 1971, after which they moved to

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, where his father was appointed president of

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(present-day BYU–Idaho). From 1982 to 1984, Eyring served as a full-time

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for the LDS Church in the Japan

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. Eyring is a graduate of BYU, where he received a

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degree in geology, an

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, and Juris Doctor.

Career

Business

From 1989 to 1998, Eyring was with a

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management-consulting firm,

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, which was founded in 1983 by six entrepreneurs with Harvard Business School (HBS) ties. He has also served as a director of SkyWest Airlines since 1995. From 2002 to 2003, he was a special partner with Peterson Capital.

Academia

From 1998 to 2002, Eyring served in the MSB as director of BYU's MBA program. Eyring began employment at BYU-Idaho in 2006. Eyring initially served as an Associate Academic Vice President, with responsibility for online learning and instructional technology. From 2008 to 2015, Eyring served as BYU–Idaho's Advancement Vice President. He then served from 2015 to 2017 as BYU–Idaho's Academic Vice President. On February 7, 2017,

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of the

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announced that Eyring would succeed

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as president of BYU–Idaho, effective April 10, 2017. His official inauguration occurred on September 19, 2017. In 2011, while serving as BYU–Idaho's Advancement Vice President, Eyring co-authored ''The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education'' with HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, discussing the future of higher education and making college economically viable while conducting an in depth look at the histories of Harvard University and BYU-Idaho. Eyring has also served as a trustee of

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and is an adjunct fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation.

Personal life

Eyring and his wife, Kelly, have five children and reside in Rexburg, Idaho. Eyring's oldest son, Henry, is a BYU-Idaho and HBS graduate and, since August 2022, an assistant accounting professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Eyring is a grandson of American theoretical chemist Henry Eyring and wrote a biography of his grandfather entitled '' Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring''. He also co-wrote a biography about his father, Henry B. Eyring, an educational administrator and LDS Church leader, entitled ''I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring''. Eyring's great-great-grandmother was a member of the

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. In addition to his work in academia, Eyring has served in various leadership positions within the LDS Church, including as

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of the Japan Tokyo North Mission,

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, and

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. Eyring was sustained an

during the church's general conference on April 6, 2019.

Bibliography

;Books authored or coauthored by Eyring * * * *

References

External links

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