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- Title
Micronesia's Coming of Age: The Mormon Role in Returning Micronesia to Self-Rule.
- Authors
Jensen, Devan
- Abstract
Mormons, or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have a distinguished history of service in the U.S. government. During a forty-year period following World War II, Mormon politicians played vital roles in transitioning several islands in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from a quasi-colonial status into the self-governing Federated States of Micronesia. This article briefly traces the complicated transition through the public service of four key Mormon administrators: Elbert D. Thomas, John A. Carver Jr., Stewart L. Udall, and Morris K. Udall. They served respectively as first civilian high commissioner of the Trust Territory, Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and chair of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee with oversight for the Pacific.
- Subjects
PACIFIC Islands (Trust Territory); MICRONESIA; CHURCH of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Publication
Pacific Asia Inquiry, 2016, Vol 7, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
2377-0929
- Publication type
Article