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name: Lynn M. Hilton
about: Lynn M Hilton was born LDS in Arizona and raised in California. He was a B-24 bomber pilot in the US army for nearly three years during World War II. After the war he served, without purse or script, as a LDS missionary in the New England Mission, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In 1952 he earned a PhD degree from the University of Chicago in Educational Administration and was appointed Professor of Education at BYU Provo. He served there for twelve years as Associate Dean of Continuing Education and founder and chairman of the BYU Salt Lake Adult Education Center. He was later a successful businessman. He served a term as an elected member of the Utah House of Representatives. Lynn and his first wife, Hope were called and set apart for a speci Lynn M Hilton was born LDS in Arizona and raised in California. He was a B-24 bomber pilot in the US army for nearly three years during World War II. After the war he served, without purse or script, as a LDS missionary in the New England Mission, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In 1952 he earned a PhD degree from the University of Chicago in Educational Administration and was appointed Professor of Education at BYU Provo. He served there for twelve years as Associate Dean of Continuing Education and founder and chairman of the BYU Salt Lake Adult Education Center. He was later a successful businessman. He served a term as an elected member of the Utah House of Representatives. Lynn and his first wife, Hope were called and set apart for a special mission to lead the original expedition to the Arab world to find the ancient trail of Lehi and Nephi and their family from Jerusalem to Bountiful where Nephi built his ocean going ship. They completed this assignment in 1976. Lynn's research was published in two long articles in the Ensign Magazine in 1976. The articles were entitled In Search of Lehi's Trail. Lynn has lived twelve years in Arab countries and speaks Arabic. Lynn's first wife Hope, died in 1999. Two years later he met and married Nancy. ...more