Micronesia's Coming of Age

"Micronesia's Coming of Age: The Mormon Role in Returning Micronesia to Self-Rule" tells the story of four U.S. administrators and several indigenous leaders who, after World War II, gradually transitioned Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap, and Kosrae into the self-governing Federated States of Micronesia. The Mormon administrators were Elbert D. Thomas, John A. Carver Jr., Stewart L. Udall, and Morris K. Udall. The indigenous leaders included Dwight Heine of the Marshall Islands, Lazarus Salii of Palau, and Hans Williander of Chuuk (later a Mormon district president). After the conversion of Pohnpeian Ohren Ohry, missionaries successively went to Pohnpei, the Marshalls, Chuuk, Yap, Palau, and Kosrae. This article was published by the University of Guam's Pacific Asia Inquiry, vol. 7, no. 1 (Fall 2016). Feel free to share with friends interested in Pacific or Mormon studies!