Oaks served as BYU president from 1971 to 1980.
"Dallin H. Oaks," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed November 17, 2021
He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (1954) and of the University of Chicago Law School (1957). He practiced law and taught law in Chicago. He was president of Brigham Young University from 1971 to 1980, and a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1980 until his resignation in 1984 to accept his calling to the apostleship.