airplane trips until they were engaged early in 1961. They were married in the LDS Church's Logan Temple in July 1962, with the marriage performed by his uncle, Spencer W. Kimball. They are the parents of six children (four sons and two daughters). Their sons include Henry J. Eyring, president of BYU–Idaho; and Matthew J. Eyring, the Chief Strategy Innovation Officer of Vivint, a home automation company in North America. Eyring is a first cousin once-removed of former Michigan Governor George W. Romney; his paternal grandmother was Romney's aunt. Romney's son, Mitt, was the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee and a former Massachusetts governor who is currently serving in Congress as the junior senator from Utah. Honors Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Utah (2015) Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Utah Valley University (2017) Published works . Database:PsycINFO Electronic, accessed March 12, 2009 Speeches See also Council on the Disposition of the Tithes Glenn L. Pace, counselor with Eyring in the presiding bishopric Notes References "Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric", Ensign, May 1985. External links "General Authorities: President Henry B. Eyring", churchofjesuschrist.org Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Henry B. Eyring Multimedia ( – transcript: ) 1933 births American general authorities (LDS Church) Apostles (LDS Church) Commissioners of Church Education (LDS Church) Counselors in the First Presidency (LDS Church) Counselors in the Presiding Bishopric (LDS Church) Harvard Business School alumni Living people Presidents of Brigham Young University–Idaho Stanford University Graduate School of Business faculty University of Utah alumni Sunday School (LDS Church) people Latter Day Saints from New Jersey Latter Day Saints from Utah Latter Day Saints from California Latter Day Saints from Idaho Latter Day Saints from Massachusetts Latter Day Saints from New Mexico