Vita - Robert L. Marrott

Born 14 March 1946, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, Utah

Reared in Orem, Utah.

Graduated from Orem High School, class of 1964 (Bengal Tigers).

Mission: The British Mission (now called London England Mission -- southeast England--Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, London) 1965-1967.

BA - BYU. History & English w/ secondary teaching certificate, 1970

MA - BYU. Church History & Doctrine, 1976

Post Graduate study:

Nottingham University (England) toward MPhil and PhD in history, 1978-1979
Cambridge Library (England) 1978-1980
Open University (England), 1981-82
Indiana University - Instructional Systems Technology, 1983-1993
University of Idaho - Learning & Teaching, Adult Education, 2002 to 2008

Married to Angela Davies Marrott, who was reared in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire (now Cumbria), England.

Five children--four married; one on a mission to London, England. 13 grandchildren.

Employment:

Utah State Mental Hospital
HBA Life Insurance Company, 1971
Encyclopædia Britannica, 1978
Brigham Young University, Religion Department--Student Assistant, 1971-73:

Robert J. Matthews, Milton V. Backman, Jr., Larry C. Porter, Lamar C. Berrett, John P. Fugal.

Research Analyst, Church Office Building, Office of the Presiding Bishopric, 1973-74.

CES Seminaries and Institutes:

Mesa, AZ, Seminary, 1970-71
Bountiful, UT, Seminary, 1974-76
Sandy, UT, Seminary, 1976-78
Hillcrest, UT, Seminary, 1977-778
Brighton, UT, Seminary, 1977-78
CES Coordinator - Southeast England, 1978-82
CES Institute Director & Coordinator - Bloomington, IN, 1982-93
BYU-Idaho (formerly Ricks College), Department of Religious Education, 1993 to 2008

BYU-Idaho, Department of History, Geography, & Political Science, 2009 --

Church Assignments:

Writer for LDS Church Instructional Development Committee (lessons for 5 different Church manuals):

New Testament, 2nd half (old 8-year course rotation)
Priests Course A
Lessons for Melchizedek and Relief Society manuals
From You To Your Ancestors (Family History manual)

Bishop
Elders Quorum President
High Councilor
High Priests Group Leader
Ordained Temple Ordinance worker -- Rexburg Temple
Family History Consultant
High Priests Group instructor
Sunday School & Primary Teacher
Seventy: Ward Mission Leader
Assistant Stake Clerk
Ward Clerk
Assistant Ward Clerk, finance
Sunday School President
Ward Executive Secretary
Nursing Home Coordinator
Temple worker, Mesa, AZ

Interests, past experience:

• Photography
• Bicycle mechanics, certificate/diploma
• Golf
• Guitar (rock band -- $$ for undergraduate years @ BYU) & drama (several plays and a Church movie)
• Computers
• Wrote Rel 231 & 232 courses for BYU Continuing Education under the direction of Dr. John P. Fugal
• Worked on 1979 edition of the LDS Bible for Robert J. Matthews, Ellis Rasmussen, and Milton V. Backman, Jr., at BYU -- Genesis, Jeremiah, Bible Dictionary, Topical Guide.

Miscellaneous:

• 30% lung capacity (sarcoidosis) -- "eternal" cough
• 70% hearing loss (chicken pox and measles at the same time at age 5, 105 degree fever for 5 days)
• Pacemaker (died teaching Book of Mormon, 3:45 p.m., 3 Dec 1997, Tayor 249; died 10 times in 2 days -- heart failure caused by sarcoidosis)
• Posterior vitreous detachment, both eyes (large black "floaters")
• Insulin resistance
• Migraine headaches (partial blindness = signal for onset)