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Russell M. NelsonRussell Marion Nelson is a Mormon religious elder, and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, one of the governing bodies of Mormonism. He was born September 9, 1924 ins Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were Marion C. Nelson and Edna Anderson Nelson. He was known for his perfect pitch and musical abilities. He married Dantzel White on August 31, 1945 in the Salt Lake Temple. In August, 1947, he became a M.D.. After his internship at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Nelson worked on a team that made medical history: After three challenging years, they developed the first machine that could perform the functions of a patients heart and lungs during heart surgery (See heart-lung machine). In 1951, the machine performed well in the first open-heart operation on a human being. Four years later, Dr. Nelson performed the first successful open-heart surgery using a heart-lung machine in Salt Lake City, Utah, making Utah the third state in the nation to reach this important milestone. He enlisted to serve a two-year term of medical duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War; he served in Korea and Japan and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Later he worked for a year at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, then returned to the University of Minnesota for a year and received his Ph.D.. degree in 1954. Among the various positions he's held professionally are: Among numerous honors he has received are: In 1972 he performed heart surgery on Spencer W. Kimball, who later became a president of the church. Among the various church callings he has held before being called to be an apostle were seven years as a stake president, eight years as general president of the Sunday School, and four years as a Regional Representative. He was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 7, 1984, and was ordained an apostle April 12, 1984, following the death of LeGrand Richards. References - Gardner, Marvin K. (June 1984). Elder Russell M. Nelson: Applying Divine Laws. Ensign, p. 9
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