20 years ago today - May 30, 1994

Ezra Taft Benson, born in a quiet Idaho farm community, spent much of his life working with the power brokers of the world. Outspoken, courageous, and committed, he, like the founder of the Latter-day Saint church, Joseph Smith, had gone from "plowboy to prophet." He died 30 May 1994.

[Source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Ezra Taft Benson, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]