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Lester Earl Bush Jr. (November 22, 1942-November 23, 2023 ) was a historian and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS Church) who published influential research into the origins of the "Negro doctrine," a now-abandoned church policy which excluded African-Americans from membership in the church's priesthood and from participation in a number of other church practices.
Nov 23, 2023 · Lester E. Bush Jr. (1942-2023) November 23, 2023. Pioneering Mormon Studies scholar Lester Bush passed away November 23, 2023. Condolences to his friends and family from all of us at Dialogue. He will be greatly missed. Please see his author page for a list of his important, impactful scholarly works at Dialogue.
Apr 14, 2021 · Though he's been officially cleared of any wrongdoing, the money the former president made from his stock in the company has remained an awkward point in his financial history. In June 1990, reports CNN, Bush sold over 200,000 shares of Harken Energy Company, earning nearly $850,000. Bush was also on Harken's board of directors at the time.
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Oct 5, 2021 · After deducting $1.3 billion of his assets that have been frozen, Forbes estimates his net worth at $4.7 billion. The youngest newcomer is 29-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried ...
Oct 1, 2016 · LESTER E. BUSH, JR is a physician with an MD from the University of Virginia, and a Master’s of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. He has a long-standing interest in Mormon history and has published one book on the subject, co-edited another, and published about twenty articles that appeared in Dialogue, the Journal of Mormon History, Sunstone , and the Bulletin of the History of ...
Lester was born on November 22, 1942 in Atlanta, Ga., to Lester Earl Bush Sr. and Edna Karston Bush. A track athlete and musician, Lester received his medical degree from the University of Virginia and served in the Navy as lieutenant commander, Medical Corps before working at the CIA, where he led as deputy director and director of medical services for nearly two decades.
Articles/Essays – Volume 08, No. 1. Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview. Lester E. Bush Jr. View PDF. Negroes of African descent presently are denied ordination to the priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the following article Lester E. Bush, Jr. discusses the genesis and development of that ...
