Edward L. Clissold
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Edward L. Clissold was a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in both Hawaii
and Japan
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Clissold was a resident of Hawaii by the early 1930s. From 1931-1932 he served as president of the Lions Club of Honolulu. From 1936-1938 Clissold served as president of the Laie Hawaii Temple
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Clissold was part of the United States military occupation forces in Japan after World War II
. While there he ran an advertisement seeking out members of the LDS Church who had been baptized prior to the missionaries leaving in 1924. He was able to find some, including Fujiya Nara, and reestablish the Church there. Prior to this from 1943 to 1944 Clissoldhad been acting president of the Central Pacific Mission, a mission in Hawaii that was aimed at teaching primarily Japanese people. During this same time period Clissold served as president of the Laie Hawaii Temple
.
Clissold later served as president of the Hawaii Mission and the Japanese Mission from 1948-1949. He then served as president of the Oahu Stake when it included all of that island, starting in 1951. As president of the Oahu Stake he was closely involved with the development of the plan for the Polynesian Cultural Center. He also served as president of the Polynesian Cultural Center
.
In 1955 Clissold was one of the incorporators of the Laie Community Association along with Woodruff J. Deem, Clinton Kanahele, V. Kehau Kawahigashi and George K. Kekauoha. Clissold was the first recipient of an honorary degree from the Church College of Hawaii (now Brigham Young University-Hawaii).
From 1963-1965 Clissold served a second term as president of the Laie Temple.
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Clissold was a resident of Hawaii by the early 1930s. From 1931-1932 he served as president of the Lions Club of Honolulu. From 1936-1938 Clissold served as president of the Laie Hawaii Temple
Laie Hawaii Temple
Laie Hawaii Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located on the northeast shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The temple sits on a small hill a half-mile from the Pacific Ocean in the town of Lāie, from Honolulu...
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Clissold was part of the United States military occupation forces in Japan after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. While there he ran an advertisement seeking out members of the LDS Church who had been baptized prior to the missionaries leaving in 1924. He was able to find some, including Fujiya Nara, and reestablish the Church there. Prior to this from 1943 to 1944 Clissoldhad been acting president of the Central Pacific Mission, a mission in Hawaii that was aimed at teaching primarily Japanese people. During this same time period Clissold served as president of the Laie Hawaii Temple
Laie Hawaii Temple
Laie Hawaii Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located on the northeast shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The temple sits on a small hill a half-mile from the Pacific Ocean in the town of Lāie, from Honolulu...
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Clissold later served as president of the Hawaii Mission and the Japanese Mission from 1948-1949. He then served as president of the Oahu Stake when it included all of that island, starting in 1951. As president of the Oahu Stake he was closely involved with the development of the plan for the Polynesian Cultural Center. He also served as president of the Polynesian Cultural Center
Polynesian Cultural Center
The Polynesian Cultural Center is a Polynesian-themed theme park or living museum located in Laie, on the northern shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Dedicated on October 12, 1963, the PCC occupies owned by nearby Brigham Young University–Hawaii....
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In 1955 Clissold was one of the incorporators of the Laie Community Association along with Woodruff J. Deem, Clinton Kanahele, V. Kehau Kawahigashi and George K. Kekauoha. Clissold was the first recipient of an honorary degree from the Church College of Hawaii (now Brigham Young University-Hawaii).
From 1963-1965 Clissold served a second term as president of the Laie Temple.
Sources
- List of Laie Hawaii Temple presidents
- http://books.google.com/books?id=XJD8lF8p2I8C&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=Edward+L.+Clissold&source=bl&ots=4GJOJVWN2V&sig=bMu2qvAiy6X7R9Px4PbyVM3r5bE&hl=en&ei=PF0vTPrDDoL-nQf0wcWvDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwADgo#v=onepage&q=Edward%20L.%20Clissold&f=falseHoffmann, John Patrick. Japanese Saints: Mormons in the Land of the Rising Sun. Lanham, MarylandLanham, MarylandLanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...
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- article about native Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian Latter-day Saints in Laie that mentions Clissold