Mac Christensen

Fred Macray "Mac" Christensen (born 1934) is the founder of the Salt Lake City, Utah-based clothing retailer Mr. Mac.

Biography

Before opening his own business, Christensen obtained a retail clothing background with a large Salt Lake City department store. In 1964 he opened his first store in Bountiful, Utah, which emphasized Mormon missionary apparel.

Christensen is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and served as president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 2000 until 2012.[1] He was previously the director of the visitors' center at the church's Washington D.C. Temple.

Christensen served for eight years as a member of the Weber State University Board of Trustees.

In 2006, Christensen co-chaired Orrin Hatch's Senate re-election campaign with Stan Parish.[2] In 2010 he co-chaired the Senate campaign of Democrat Sam Granato.[3]

In 2011, he was awarded an honorary degree from Weber State University.[4]

Christensen and his wife, Joan, are the parents of eight children. Their son, Steve, a Salt Lake City businessman and document dealer, was murdered by document forger Mark Hofmann in 1985. Another son, Spencer, who succeeded his father as head of the clothing store, was called in 2016 as a mission president by the LDS Church, to serve in the Arizona Tempe Mission.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Mormon Tabernacle Choir President Takes Final Bow", Newsroom (LDS Church), July 27, 2012
  2. ↑ Aug 28, 2006 Salt Lake Tribune article
  3. ↑ Thomas Burr and Matt Canham (September 21, 2010). "D.C. Notebook: GOP responds to Bennett’s jabs". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
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  5. ↑ "New mission presidents called to serve in Italy, New York and other missions around the world", Church News, January 21, 2016

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