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After receiving
her education from University of Utah and Harvard, Maurine Jensen
Proctor, the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Meridian Magazine,
began her writing career with McGraw Hill Magazines and the Chicago
Sun-Times. She has created award-winning television documentaries,
has written a radio show for more than six years that played on
300 radio stations, and was a long-time writer of The Spoken Word
for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
She, and her
husband, Scot, have written several books together, including Witness
of the Light, Source of the Light, Light from the Dust and The Gathering.
They also edited a new version of Lucy Mack Smith’s biography
of her son called The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith
by His Mother and The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt. They were
formerly the editors of This People magazine.
Maurine has
been a part-time Institute teacher for the past 13 years and is
the mother of eleven children and grandmother of three. |
Sylvia McMillan
Finlayson has a Masters Degree in Political Science/Middle East
Studies from the University of Utah. During the 1980s she worked
with the Proctors on numerous video and film projects. She is
a student of history and has taught world history in private schools
in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Sylvia has a passion for other
countries and cultures and has served on humanitarian expeditions
in the Middle East, Africa, China and South America. Sylvia is
a glider and power pilot and enjoys high adventure. She served
a mission in Christchurch, New Zealand and currently serves as
Stake Emergency Preparedness Specialist. Sylvia lives with her
family in Los Angeles and is the Associate Editor of Meridian
Magazine.
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Scot Facer
Proctor, Publisher of Meridian Magazine, is the author, co-author,
or editor of several books including History of the Prophet Joseph
Smith by His Mother. Scot is a photographer by trade, teaches
Institute part-time, is married to Maurine Jensen Proctor and
the father of eleven children grandfather of three. Scot and Maurine
reside in the Washington D.C. Metro area.
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