Answer the following question: Facts: - position or quorum: first quorum of the seventy emeritus general authority - end date: 2005 10 01 - president: spencer w. kimball gordon b. hinckley - birth name: fred burton howard - start date: 1978 09 30 - portals: lds - birth date: 24 march 1933 - end reason: granted general authority emeritus status - name: f. burton howard - birth place: logan , utah , united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of f. burton howard .
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fred burton howard -lrb- born march 24 , 1933 -rrb- has been a general authority of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- lds church -rrb- since september 1978 .he was a member of the first quorum of the seventy from that time until he was given emeritus status in october 2005 .howard was born in logan , cache county , utah .he served an lds church mission in uruguay .he graduated with a law degree from the university of utah in 1959 .he was admitted to the utah state bar .in 1962 , howard began to work for the church 's legal department , where he worked closely with marion g. romney .he later wrote a biography of romney .among many assignments as a seventy , he served as president of the church 's north america southwest and north america northeast areas .howard served as president of the madrid spain temple from 2005 to 2008 .