A long odyssey from a humble, Idaho farm boy in overalls, Harold B. Lee's maturation was steady and unwavering. Born in 1899 to Samuel Marion and Louisa Bingham Lee, Harold received a typical country education. Always ahead of his time, he became the teacher of a one-room school at age 17 and a principal at 18. His progress lifted him from near poverty and obscurity to fulfill his destiny and he became prophet and seer, God's spokesman to the inhabitants of the world–the eleventh President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.