Russell T. Osguthorpe was serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy when he received the call to serve as the general president of the Sunday School. He has also served as a stake president, stake and ward Young Men president, counselor in a bishopric, branch president at the Provo, Utah, Missionary Training Center and president of the South Dakota Rapid City Mission. He has also been a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Brother Osguthorpe holds multiple degrees from Brigham Young University, including a PhD in instructional psychology. He currently serves as director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and as a professor in the Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. Brother Osguthorpe and his wife Lolly are the parents of five children, and have 17 grandchildren
