Steven C. Wheelwright | |
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9th President of BYU–Hawaii | |
In office June 23, 2007 – July 27, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Eric B. Shumway |
Succeeded by | John S. Tanner |
Personal details | |
Born | 1943 Salt Lake City, Utah |
Spouse | Margaret Wheelwright |
Alma mater |
University of Utah Stanford Business School |
Steven Charles Wheelwright was the 9th president of Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii) from 2007 to 2015. Prior to that appointment, he was a professor and senior associate dean at Harvard Business School. [1]
Wheelwright has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Utah and an MBA and Ph.D. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
He served as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the England London Mission from 2000 to 2003. [2]
On May 12, 2015, it was announced that effective July 27, 2015, Wheelwright would be succeeded by John S. Tanner as the president of BYU-Hawaii. [3] In November 2015, he began a three-year term as president of the LDS Church's Boston Massachusetts Temple. [4]
He is married to Margaret Steele Wheelwright. They are the parents of five children, including Marianne W. Lewis, former dean of the Cass Business School in London [5] and current dean of the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. [6]