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== Gene Sessions Ph.D. == | == Gene Sessions Ph.D. == | ||
Gene A. Sessions is Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. A native of Ogden, he received his Ph.D. degree from Florida State University in 1974. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including ''Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant'' (1982, 2008), ''Latter-day Patriots: Nine Mormon Families and Their Revolutionary War Heritage'' (1975), ''Prophesying upon the Bones: J. Reuben Clark and the Foreign Debt Crisis, 1933-39'' (1992), ''Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War'' (with Donald R. Moorman, 1992, 2005), ''The Search for Harmony: Essays on Science and Mormonism'' (with Craig J. Oberg, 1993), ''Utah International: A Biography of a Business'' (with Sterling D. Sessions, 2002, 2005), and ''Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle'' (1975, 1998), for which he received the Mormon History Association’s annual award for best edited work. He has also been a consultant on documentaries and committees exploring the Utah War and the Mountain Meadows Massacre and is past president of the Mountain Meadows Association. He and his wife Shantal have four children and seven grandsons. | Gene A. Sessions is Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. A native of Ogden, he received his Ph.D. degree from Florida State University in 1974. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including ''Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant'' (1982, 2008), ''Latter-day Patriots: Nine Mormon Families and Their Revolutionary War Heritage'' (1975), ''Prophesying upon the Bones: J. Reuben Clark and the Foreign Debt Crisis, 1933-39'' (1992), ''Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War'' (with Donald R. Moorman, 1992, 2005), ''The Search for Harmony: Essays on Science and Mormonism'' (with Craig J. Oberg, 1993), ''Utah International: A Biography of a Business'' (with Sterling D. Sessions, 2002, 2005), and ''Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle'' (1975, 1998), for which he received the Mormon History Association’s annual award for best edited work. He has also been a consultant on documentaries and committees exploring the Utah War and the Mountain Meadows Massacre and is past president of the Mountain Meadows Association. He and his wife Shantal have four children and seven grandsons. | ||
== Annie Strawn == | |||
Annie Strawn was born and raised in Denmark, and emigrated to the U.S. at age 19. Expert in Danish research, she has worked at the Family History Library since she was a young mother in the 1960's. She has devotedly helped families with Danish Research for over 50 years. | |||
== Rachel J. Trotter == | == Rachel J. Trotter == | ||
Has worked as a writer and newspaper reporter since her college days over 20 years ago. She loves telling people's stories. She lives in Ogden, Utah and is busy raising six children and loves working on family history alongside her husband, Mat. | Has worked as a writer and newspaper reporter since her college days over 20 years ago. She loves telling people's stories. She lives in Ogden, Utah and is busy raising six children and loves working on family history alongside her husband, Mat. | ||