Richard Bushman

Richard Bushman

History professor, author

Richard Lyman Bushman is Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University. Most recently he authored "Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling" (2005). He works in the field of early American social and cultural history. In 1992 he published "The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, and Cities." He and his wife Claudia are lifelong members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Close.

Richard Bushman

History professor, author

Richard Lyman Bushman is Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University. more »

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January 30, 2008 8:51 AM

A Kind, Sane Voice for Openness

Mormons themselves think of Gordon Hinckley’s achievements as well as his personality when they reflect on his administration as President of the Church. He is renowned for building scores of temples all over the world, and Mormons appreciate the thought behind all that construction. Hinckley aimed to make everything that was available to Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City available to Church members in Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. He expended a great deal of Church money to make a full Mormon life possible in every corner of the earth.

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