Marlin K. Jensen

Marlin K. Jensen is a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in the First Quorum of the Seventy.

Although Elder Jensen practiced law, he did so to support the family farm. “I love farming and life on a farm, so I practice law in order to be able to live this way,” he confesses. [1]

Elder Jensen was born in Utah on 18 May 1942 to Keith Grow and Lula Hill Jensen. At age 28 he was called as the bishop of the Huntsville ward where his father and grandfather had also served. Later, he served as a priests quorum adviser, then as a stake president, and most recently as a Regional Representative, before his call to the Seventy. After serving in the First Quorum of the Seventy for nine years, on August 15, 1998, Elder Jensen was called to the Presidency of the Seventy. He served in the Presidency until released in June of 2001. He has served in the First Quorum as a member of the Area Presidency of the Europe Central Area.

After returning from his mission in 1964, Marlin Jensen met Kathleen Bushnell on a blind date while he was attending Brigham Young University and she was attending Utah State University. They married 9 June 1967 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they have eight children — six daughters and two sons.