TEACHING LEGACY
Building Bridges of Faith and Knowledge
. G N A M U TR MADSEN By Ann N. Madsen and Barnard N. Madsen ANN N. MADSEN (gamadsen@gmail.com) IS A SENIOR LECTURER IN ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU. BARNARD N. MADSEN (barnard.madsen@gmail.com) IS AN ATTORNEY IN PROVO.
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hile ordaining Truman G. Madsen a campus
a simple lifetime pattern. Truman’s philosophy of l earning
bishop in 1960, Elder Harold B. Lee said, “The future of
and teaching was uncomplicated: be both faithful and
the Church depends on those who are both faithful and
learned, and learned and faithful.
learned.” Truman had aspired to become such a man 1
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during the seven previous years of his graduate studies,
His Philosophy of Learning and Teaching
which culminated at Harvard. This blessed moment at age
Like one of his mentors, Truman loved simple faith, “if
thirty-four with an Apostle’s hands on his head confirmed
simple meant uncluttered and strong. But he was
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