Strangers to Us All
Lawyers and Poetry

Bruce Redd McConkie

(1915-1985)
Utah

-- ordained Apostle of the Mormon church

Bruce R. McConkie obtained his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Utah. After law school he served as assistant city attorney in Salt Lake, and then in the armed forces during WW II. He wrote articles and poems; the most controversial of his writings being the Mormon Doctrine. [On the controversy, see mormoncurtain.com]


Biographical Profile
drawn from
"In Memoriam: Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Advocate for Truth"
New Era
(June, 1985)