The John A. Widtsoe Foundation aspires to build on Dr. John A. Widtsoe's legacy of scholarship and intellectual and spiritual engagement. Dr. Widtsoe was a preeminent scholar, university president and LDS Church Apostle, and the first Mormon scholar to be invited to teach classes on Mormonism at a secular university. His 1935 lectures at USC began the Church’s reach into the world of comparative religious studies.
The John A. Widtsoe Foundation aspires to build on Dr. John A. Widtsoe's legacy of scholarship and intellectual and spiritual engagement. Dr. Widtsoe was a preeminent scholar, university president and LDS Church Apostle, and the first Mormon scholar to be invited to teach classes on Mormonism at a secular university. His 1935 lectures at USC began the Church’s reach into the world of comparative religious studies.