Life and Career
Haight was born in Oakley, Idaho, September 2, 1906. Haight was the son of Hector Caleb Haight and his wife Clara Josephine (née Tuttle). Hector Haight was the son of Horton D. Haight who had been involved in many trips in the Mormon trek and served as the first president of the stake that included Oakley. David B. Haight's maternal grandfather, Norton Ray Tuttle, was the first bishop of Tooele, Utah.
He was married to Ruby M. Olson (1910–2004). He was the father-in-law of businessman and philanthropist Jon Huntsman, Sr., (who married David B. Haight's daughter Karen) and grandfather of the former governor of Utah and former U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Haight served as mayor of Palo Alto, California and also was the owner of the Palo Alto Hardware store. Upon being called as president of the church’s mission in Scotland, he resigned as mayor of Palo Alto over the objections of the city council. In addition to his service as mission president, he was president of the Palo Alto Stake, and a regional representative of the Twelve Apostles before his call as a general authority—specifically, an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles—in April 1970. He also served as a special assistant to the president of Brigham Young University.
The vacancy left by the death of Apostle Hugh B. Brown in December 1975 was filled by Haight's calling; he was ordained an apostle on January 8, 1976.
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