David and his wife, Kathryn, recently served in the Illinois Chicago Mission as Member Leadership Missionaries. David received a bachelor’s in English from BYU and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He taught English literature and writing at BYU Hawaii and BYU Provo. Since retiring from BYU, he has worked for several Church departments as a long-term volunteer and Church Service Missionary, including Self-Reliance Services-Perpetual Education Fund and the Special Projects Department. He keeps his scholarly interests alive as an officer of several academic organizations. In 2005, he and Kathryn served a humanitarian mission for the LDS Church in Argentina.

Kathryn and her husband, David, recently served a mission in the Illinois Chicago Mission. They also served a humanitarian mission in Argentina for the LDS Church. Kathryn had the opportunity to serve as a volunteer in the LDS Perpetual Education Fund for three years. She is the daughter of Bill and Margaret Pope, great supporters of the ICLRS. Kathryn taught school for a few years, having received her bachelor’s degree at BYU in Special Education. Kathryn had moved her family from California to Utah after her first husband had passed away to attend BYU. She loves children with special needs; her youngest child is a delightful Down syndrome girl. Kathryn loves being the mother of a large blended family of 10 children and 36 grandchildren.