Robert L. Backman

Robert L. Backman
Emeritus General Authority
October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03) – June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
Presidency of the Seventy
October 6, 1985 (1985-10-06) – August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15)
End reasonHonorably released
General President of the Young Men
1979 – October 6, 1985 (1985-10-06)
First Quorum of the Seventy
April 1, 1978 (1978-04-01) – October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)
End reasonGranted general authority emeritus status
General President of the
Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women
November 1972 – 1974
Personal details
BornRobert LeGrand Backman
(1922-03-22)March 22, 1922
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
DiedJune 3, 2022(2022-06-03) (aged 100)
Murray, Utah, U.S.
Spouse(s)
  • Virginia Pickett
    (m. 1941; died 1999)
  • Janet Woodbury
Children7

Robert LeGrand Backman (March 22, 1922 – June 3, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Utah who was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1978 until his death.