THE GALILEE REGION & STUDY ABROAD At THE New GALILEE CENTEr

Dann W Hone has over 51 years of travel to the Near East and is one of the founding members of the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. He held virtually every position at the Jerusalem Center, including Academic Coordinator where he was responsible for training and teaching all Jerusalem Center faculty in history, archaeology, geography, and scriptures. His studies include 14 modern and ancient languages and scripts. Dann lived in Israel for many years and received his graduate degree in Biblical History/Historical Geography from the Jerusalem University College. A published author, Dann has written study guides and books on the Near East and recently finished two volumes of a planned eight volume set, Scriptural Reference & Exploration Series. Dann holds emeritus status with the BYU Jerusalem Center and taught for many years as an instructor for the BYU 

Department of Ancient Scripture. After over thirty years at BYU, he entered back into teaching as adjunct faculty in the Department of History and Political Science at Utah Valley University. He has also participated in BYU Education Weeks, Know Your Religion series, as a guest lecturer for LDS and non-LDS 

audiences in conferences and seminars, firesides, and radio programs. Currently, Dann serves as the Managing Director and faculty for the School of International Studies. 

In assignments for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he served in the LDS Korean Mission (1968-1971), and LDS Church Curriculum Department (2004-2010) with several committee assignments including the Translator’s Edition of the LDS Scriptures Project. He has held nearly every local church position in priesthood and church auxiliary presidencies. He was a bishop, member of District and High Councils, a Temple ordinance worker and supervisor. He is currently an Elder’s Quorum instructor in the Orem Utah Cherry Hill Fifth Ward. He is married to his eternal companion of fifty-one years, Shirley Rae Stokes, and with her is the parent of 6 children (4 sons, two daughters), 23 grandchildren (15 boys and 8 girls) and 5 great grandchildren (3 boys and 2 girls).