Henry J. Eyring
Henry J. Eyring is the 17th president of Brigham Young University-Idaho. He previously served as both the Academic and Advancement vide president at BYU-Idaho as well as director for the MBA program at Marriott School of Managment at Brigham Young University.
Eyring was born in Palo Alto, California to Henry B. Eyring and Kathleen Johnson Eyring. He later received B.S., MBA and J.D. degrees from Brigham Young University (1985, 1989, 1989) in Provo, Utah. After graduating, Eyring worked at the consulting firm Monitor Group from 1989 to 1998, During that time he also served as a director of SkyWest Airlines. From 2002 to 2003, he was a special partner with Peterson Capital.
From 2003-2006 Eyring served as the president of the Japan Tokyo North Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 2007-2012 Eyring served as the president of the BYU–Idaho 6th Stake.
Eyring's first book was a biography of his grandfather and namesake, award-winning chemist Henry Eyring. He is also the co-author of a biography about his father and namesake, Henry B. Eyring, apostle and member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Eyring and his wife Kelly have five children and reside in Rexburg, Idaho. Their son, Henry C. Eyring, is a professor of accounting at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
“If you do a job well, the very best you can, the opportunities will open up. I never had any very definite goals other than to do whatever job I was doing to the best of my ability. I've always had the feeling that if I did that well, I would somehow muddle through... Do the best you can with what you have about you. The future will take care of itself.”