Childhood
Family
Career
Potpouri
Church Service
100
At just nine months old, President Oaks survived this dramatic event while riding in a car with his mother.
Car crash where he was thrown from the car.
100
Dallin H. Oaks' middle name comes from his mother’s maiden name, linking him to this early Book of Mormon witness.
Martin Harris
100
As a teenager, Dallin H. Oaks worked as an announcer for this type of media outlet.
Radio station
100
From 1971 to 1980, President Oaks position at BYU
President, where he oversaw the establishment of a law school and business school.
100
The other apostle called and sustained on April 7, 1984 (the same day as President Oaks).
President Russell M. Nelson. Note: President Oaks was sustained in April General Conference but was ordained in May :)
200
Dallin H. Oaks was only seven years old when he experienced this major family tragedy.
The death of his father.
200
According to his daughters and grandchildren, Dallin H. Oaks is known for this personality trait at home, in contrast with his pulpit demeanor.
His warmth and humor
200
The reason President Oaks didn't serve a mission.
Korean War. He enlisted in the National Guard to fulfill his civic duties.
200
Sister Kristen Oaks' occupation before marrying President Oaks in 2000.
Holding a doctorate degree, she was a consultant for the largest privately held publishing house in America. She traveled widely, training teachers around the world to teach reading.
200
He received his call to be an apostle while in a meeting as the Chairman of the Board with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in which state?
Arizona.
300
Dallin H. Oaks was born in this Utah city, known for its strong ties to the Church.
Provo
300
President Oaks' daughter who is famous in church circles on her own.
Jenny Oaks Baker (Grammy nominated violinist)
300
After graduating law school, this is the court President Oaks clerked for.
US Supreme Court (Chief Justice Earl Warren)
300
The reason President Oaks' calling to be an Apostle is considered a miracle.
After a lengthy time with the Quorum of the Twelve having vacancies, President Spenser W Kimball awoke at 2:30 a.m. and his healthcare aide called Gordon B. Hinkley to come. Regarding the vacancies, President Kimball said simply, “Call Nelson and Oaks to the Quorum of the Twelve, in that order.”
300
The country President Oaks lived in when two apostles were sent to live abroad to strengthen the church while serving in their calling.
The Philippines
400
President Oaks played this instrument in middle school.
Oboe
400
Stella Oaks (President Oaks' mother) was the first woman to do this.
In 1956, Stella became the first woman to sit on the Provo City Council where she served for two terms. In 1958, she also briefly served as Provo's assistant mayor.
400
Where President Oaks had a brief private practice and where he later became a professor the law school.
Chicago, Illinois (University of Chicago)
400
The miracle President Oaks witnessed as a teenager.
His toddler cousin was missing and was found lifeless in a ditch of water. Their grandfather pulled him from the ditch and gave him a priesthood blessing after which he started breathing.
400
President Oak's counselors in the First Presidency
President's Eyring and Christofferson
500
President Oaks excelled at this in his younger years and it came in handy later in his life while studying to be an attorney.
Reading
500
Two years after his first wife passed away, this person set President Oaks up on a blind date with who would go on to become his second wife.
Elder M. Russell Ballard. First date was a walk in a park. President Oaks took his daughter with them :)
500
The two presidents who considered President Oaks for an appointment to the US Supreme Court
First in 1975 by Gerald Ford, who ultimately nominated John Paul Stevens, and again in 1981 by Ronald Reagan, who nominated Sandra Day O'Connor.
500
This scary situation happened late at night in Chicago.
President Oaks was mugged and was prompted not to try to take the mugger's gun.
500
The phrase people still use today that is from a talk President Oaks gave in 2007.
"Good, better, best"