Leo Joseph Muir (1880–1967) was an American educator and leader in the Mormon Church. He held various positions of responsibility, including serving as the president of the Los Angeles Stake and the Northern States Mission.
Born in Woods Cross, Utah, Muir earned an A. B. degree from the University of Utah in 1912. He began his career as the principal of Davis County High School 1912–20 and as the Utah State Superintendent of Schools for one year. Alongside his educational endeavors, Muir also took on civic duties serving as a city councilman and the mayor of Bountiful, Utah 1916–22. Additionally, he was Chairman of the Democratic Party of Davis County 1906–20.
Muir also had a professional background in the insurance industry. He was a sales executive for the National Thrift Corp. of America in Los Angeles 1922–32. He later led an agency for the Pacific National Life Insurance Co. of Salt Lake City. Concurrently, Muir played a significant role in the leadership team of the Mormon Church’s Los Angeles LDS Stake 1923–39. Following that, he served as the president of the Northern States Mission 1939–43.
Throughout his life, Muir authored several notable works, including Flashes from the Eternal Semaphore (1928,) Upward Reach (1930,) and Muir’s Thesaurus of Truth, and Century of Mormon Activities in California (1950.)
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Someone has defined genius as intensity of purpose: the ability to do, the patience to wait… Put these together and you have genius, and you have achievement.
—Leo J. Muir
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It is probably a sound definition of character to say that it is habitual self-mastery toward good ends…. Character is a subtle thing. Its sources are obscure, its roots delicate and invisible. We know it when we see it and it always commands our admiration, and the absence of it our pity; but it is largely a matter of will.
—Leo J. Muir
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