Don L. Penrod

Don L. Penrod taught religion classes in the Church Educational System for nineteen years. He earned a BA in Spanish and Latin American History at San Diego State College in 1964 and an MA in LDS Church History at Brigham Young University in 1971. His master’s thesis was “Critical Analysis of Certain Apocryphal Reports in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Related by Members.” He completed the coursework for a Doctorate of Education in Higher Education and Educational Administration at the University of Southern California. He notes, “I express much gratitude to Dr. Richard Bennett, Dr. Richard Draper, Veneese Nelson, and others who so kindly assisted me in the research and writing. A profound thanks to my dear friend Roy Kaleikau for his personal and spiritual encouragement to produce this work.”