Comments on: 20th Century March Mormon Madness

By: Geoduck

Geoduck — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:25:25 +0000

How is it that nobody has nominated J. Golden Kimball yet?

By: matt b

matt b — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:19:39 +0000

Again, I’ll say Douglas Stewart and Lex de Azevedo. Seriously. I’m betting just about all adult Mormons (at least on the Wasatch Front) owe they way they think about the pre-existence, marriage, and families to the theology of Saturday’s Warrior.

By: Last Lemming

Last Lemming — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:25:59 +0000

Normally, I would denounce the following as a bad idea. But given the backstory of this tournament, I think it is worth proposing.

Consider categorizing your brackets as follows:

* The “Presidential” Bracket (12, including Snow and Monson, plus 4 other members of the first presidency who exerted president-like influence like Clark),
* The “Other GA” Bracket,
* The Non-GA Men’s Bracket, and
* The Women’s Bracket.

Different kinds of influence were exercised by members of each bracket, so those who place greater weight on one type of influence over another could get some satisfaction from seeing a winner in the relevant bracket instead of seeing all of their favorites eliminated in the first round.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:24:44 +0000

Truman Madsen and Ann Madsen
James Talmage
Gordon Hinckley
Camille Fronk
John Widtsoe
SW Kimball and Camilla Kimball
David O. McKay
Terry Warner
Orson F. Whitney for his vision of Christ

By: meems

meems — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:19:00 +0000

Well, as far as worldwide influence in and of itself, Brother Evans is obviously right. No one has out-influenced Philo T.

But are we talking purely Mormon influence? I suppose it would be Spencer W, Bruce R. and Gordon B.

How about Marriott, for putting BoMs in all the hotel rooms?

By: Rob T.

Rob T. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:33:25 +0000

Three entries on the music category:
Gladys Knight
Christina Aguilera
and Jewel, who is reputed to have said, “I used to say to people who drank to get rid of their problems, ‘That won’t work.’ Now I’ve lived a little bit, and I say, go for it.”

And finally, the primary instructors who gave Katherine Heigl and Amy Adams their first lessons in drama/performance.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:00:53 +0000

Some serious, some tongue in cheek, some just my favorites to mention…

Joseph F Smith
Heber J Grant
David O McKay
Joseph Fielding Smith
Harold B Lee
Spencer W Kimball
Ezra Taft Benson
Gordon B Hinckley
Martha Hughes Cannon
James Talmage
John A Widstoe
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
J Reuben Clark
Jake Garn
Orrin Hatch
Jon Huntsman Sr
Jon Huntsman Jr
David Kennedy
Michael Leavitt
J Willard Marriott
Harry Reid
George Romney
Mitt Romney
Reed Smoot
Don Bluth
Jared Hess
Kieth Merrill
Avard Fairbanks
Arnold Friberg
Calvin Grondahl
Robert Kirby
Greg Olsen
Del Parson
Walter Rane
Mark Hoffman
Dale Murphy
Jack Dempsey
Alan Ashton
Stephen R Covey
Jay Seegmiller
Rex Lee
Glenn Beck
Donny and Marie Osmond
Henry Eyring
Harvey Fletcher
Carol Lynn Pearson
Janice Kapp Perry

I could probably keep going, but I really do have other things going on…I’ll try to get back to some of the twentieth century women, but I can’t promise anything, maybe Ardis?

By: Last Lemming

Last Lemming — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:00:39 +0000

Blake Roney, who has made multilevel marketing seem legitimate.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:17:26 +0000

I’m working on my list and came back to see if people like Stephen Covey were fair game. I see he’s listed twice already…

By: J.A.T.

J.A.T. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:39:54 +0000

Although I think GB Hinckley will eventually win, alhough I think he fits more in the 21st century- or was a change agent INTO the 21st century. So, for the 20th century I nominate Jonathan M. Browning- LDS Gunmaker W/o whose inventions, Eisenhower cited that we would not have won WWII.