Henry J. Eyring

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Henry Johnson Eyring

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| office = 17th President of Brigham Young University–Idaho

| term_start = April 10, 2017

| term_end = August 1, 2023

| predecessor = Clark Gilbert

| successor = Alvin F. "Trip" Meredith III

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|09|19}}

| birth_place = Palo Alto, California, U.S.

| education = Brigham Young University (BS, MBA, JD)

| residence =

| spouse = Kelly Eyring

| children = 5

| parents = Henry B. Eyring
Kathleen Johnson Eyring

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| footnotes =

| relatives = Henry Eyring (grandfather)

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Henry Johnson Eyring (born September 19, 1963) is an American academic administrator who served as the seventeenth president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) from 2017 to 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.byui.edu/newsroom/4-10-17-president-eyring |title=Henry J. Eyring becomes President of BYU-Idaho |website=BYU-Idaho |date=April 10, 2017 |access-date=1 May 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://byuiscroll.org/2015/07/09/leadership-changes-at-byu-idaho-a-message-from-the-president/ |title=Leadership changes at BYU-Idaho: A Message from the President |date=July 9, 2015 |newspaper=BYU–Idaho Scroll |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713015644/http://byuiscroll.org/2015/07/09/leadership-changes-at-byu-idaho-a-message-from-the-president/ |archive-date=July 13, 2015}} From 2019 to 2023, he also served as an area seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He previously served as both the academic and advancement vice president at BYU–Idaho,{{cite web |url=http://www.christenseninstitute.org/our-team/henry-j-eyring/ |title=Henry J. Eyring |website=Christensen Institute |access-date=1 May 2017}} as well as director of the master of business administration (MBA) program in Brigham Young University's (BYU) Marriott School of Business.{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/profile/henry-eyring/ |title=Henry Eyring Profile |website=Forbes |access-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021172641/http://www.forbes.com/profile/henry-eyring/ |archive-date=2013-10-21}}

Early life and education

Eyring was born in Palo Alto, California, a son of Henry B. Eyring and Kathleen (née Johnson). Eyring's family lived in the San Francisco Bay Area while his father taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business until 1971, after which they moved to Rexburg, Idaho, where his father was appointed president of Ricks College (now BYU–Idaho). From 1982 to 1984, Eyring served as a full-time missionary for the LDS Church in the Japan Nagoya Mission.{{cite web |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/new-byu-idaho-president-henry-j-eyring-looks-to-the-lord-for-guidance?lang=eng |title=New BYU–Idaho President Henry J. Eyring Looks to the Lord for Guidance – Church News and Events |website=LDS Church |access-date=1 May 2017}} Eyring is a graduate of BYU, where he received a bachelor's degree in geology, an MBA, and a JD.

Career

=Business=

From 1989 to 1998, Eyring worked at a Cambridge, Massachusetts management-consulting firm, Monitor Group, which was founded in 1983 by six entrepreneurs with Harvard Business School (HBS) ties.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/01/121001fa_fact_lemann?currentPage=all |title=Transaction Man: Mormonism, private equity, and the making of a candidate |first=Nicholas |last=Lemann |date=October 1, 2012 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=7 October 2012}} He has also served as a director of SkyWest Airlines since 1995. From 2002 to 2003, he was a special partner with Peterson Capital.

=Academia=

From 1998 to 2002, Eyring served as director of the MBA program in BYU's business school.{{cite web |url=http://majordecisionsforcollege.com/about-the-book/about-the-author/ |title=About the author |website=MajorDecisionsForCollege.com |access-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724004751/http://majordecisionsforcollege.com/about-the-book/about-the-author/ |archive-date=July 24, 2012}}

Eyring began working at BYU–Idaho in 2006. He initially served as an associate academic vice president, with responsibility for online learning and instructional technology.{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=631052&privcapId=22403&previousCapId=303803&previousTitle=SkyWest%20Inc |title=Executive Profile: Henry J. Eyring J.D. |website=Bloomberg Businessweek |access-date=10 October 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} From 2008 to 2015, he served as BYU–Idaho's advancement vice president and then as academic vice president from 2015 to 2017.

On February 7, 2017, Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles announced that Eyring would succeed Clark Gilbert as president of BYU–Idaho, effective April 10, 2017.{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672792/Henry-J-Eyring-announced-as-new-president-of-BYU-Idaho.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207224403/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672792/Henry-J-Eyring-announced-as-new-president-of-BYU-Idaho.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |title=Henry J. Eyring announced as new president of BYU-Idaho |first=Morgan |last=Jones |date=February 7, 2017 |newspaper=Deseret News |access-date=February 7, 2017}} He was inaugurated as president on September 19, 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.byui.edu/president/inauguration |title=President Henry J. Eyring Inauguration |website=Brigham Young University–Idaho |access-date=September 21, 2017}} Eyring completed his service as BYU-Idaho's president on August 1, 2023.

In 2011, while serving as BYU–Idaho's advancement vice president, Eyring co-authored The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education with HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, discussing the future of higher education and making college economically viable while conducting an in depth look at the histories of Harvard University and BYU-Idaho.{{cite web |url=http://www.theinnovativeuniversity.com/ |title=The Innovative University |access-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222171915/http://www.theinnovativeuniversity.com/ |archive-date=2011-12-22}} Eyring has also served as a trustee of Southern Utah University and is an adjunct fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation.{{cite web |url=http://www.suu.edu/ad/pr/convo/fall2001/fall2001.html |title=Fall 2001 Convocations |website=Southern Utah University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210160115/http://www.suu.edu/ad/pr/convo/fall2001/fall2001.html |archive-date=December 10, 2008}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.suu.edu/alumni/magazine/spring02/trustees.html |title=New Appointees to SUU Board of Trustees Announced |date=Spring 2002 |magazine=SUU In View}}

Personal life

Eyring and his wife, Kelly, have five children and reside in Rexburg, Idaho. Eyring's oldest son, Henry, is a BYU–Idaho and HBS graduate and, since August 2022, an assistant accounting professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.{{cite web | url=https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/henry-eyring | title=Henry Eyring | Duke's Fuqua School of Business }}He was previously a professor at the London School of Economics{{cite web |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/accounting/people/henry-eyring |title=Dr Henry Eyring |website=London School of Economics |access-date=November 20, 2017}}

Eyring is a grandson of American theoretical chemist Henry Eyring and wrote a biography of his grandfather entitled Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring.{{cite journal |url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/books/86/8623books.html |title=Books: Remembering Henry Eyring |first=Jack |last=Simons |date=June 9, 2008 |journal=Chemical and Engineering News |volume=86 |number=23 |pages=46–49|doi=10.1021/cen-v086n023.p046 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695251372,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211063815/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695251372,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 11, 2008 |title=Grandson tells story of famous LDS scientist |first=Dennis |last=Lythgoe |date=February 10, 2008 |newspaper=Deseret News}}{{cite web |url=http://mormonscientist.org/about/the-author/ |title=Bio of Eyring |website=Mormonscientist.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413212400/http://mormonscientist.org/about/the-author/ |archive-date=April 13, 2008}} He also co-wrote a biography about his father, Henry B. Eyring, an educational administrator and LDS Church leader, entitled I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring.

Eyring's great-great-grandmother was a member of the Romney family.

In addition to his work in academia, Eyring has served in several leadership positions in the LDS Church, including as president of the Japan Tokyo North Mission, bishop, stake president,{{cite web |url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2007-12-15/new-stake-presidents-31245 |title=New stake presidents |date=December 15, 2007 |website=Church News}} and area seventy.{{Cite web |url=https://byuiscroll.org/breaking-byu-idaho-president-henry-j-eyring-among-those-to-receive-callings-at-general-conference/ |title=Breaking: BYU-Idaho President Henry J. Eyring among those to receive callings at general conference |date=April 6, 2019 |work=Scroll}}{{cite news |url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-sunday-school-presidency-general-authorities-april-2019-conference |title=New Sunday School Presidency and General Authorities Announced at April 2019 Conference |date=April 6, 2019 |website=LDS Church}}{{cite web | url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2023-general-conference-leadership-session | title=Area Seventies Sustained and Released in General Conference Leadership Session | date=September 28, 2023 }}

Bibliography

;Books authored or coauthored by Eyring

{{cite book |first1=Henry J. |last1=Eyring |first2=Robert I. |last2=Eaton |year=2013 |title=I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring |publisher=Deseret Book |isbn=978-1-60907-783-9 |oclc=1609077830}}
{{cite book |first1=Henry J. |last1=Eyring |author-mask=2 |first2=Clayton M. |last2=Christensen |year=2011 |title=The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education |publisher=Jossey-Bass |isbn=978-1-11806-348-4 |oclc=1118063481}}
{{cite book |first=Henry J. |last=Eyring |author-mask=2 |year=2010 |title=Major Decisions: Taking Charge of Your College Education |publisher=Deseret Book |isbn=978-1-60641-636-5 |oclc=1606416367 |title-link=Major Decisions: Taking Charge of Your College Education}}
{{cite book |first=Henry J. |last=Eyring |author-mask=2 |year=2008 |title=Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring |publisher=Deseret Book |isbn=978-1-59038-854-9 |oclc=1590388542 |title-link=Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring}}