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Stan Sager graduated with a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Kansas. He served as a communications and operations officer in the U.S. Navy during the Korean war and later earned a law degree from Washburn University of Topeka, Topeka, Kansas. As an attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he founded and grew his own firm to one of New Mexico's largest. Sager served as a member of the New Mexico Board of Bar Commissioners and co-chaired various task forces that addressed the legal needs of New Mexico's poor. His work earned hiim the New Mexico state bar's LaFollette Pro Bono Award, the Professionalism Award, and other honors. He served the New Mexico Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church as chancellor and as treasurer of its foundation. He was a member of the board of the United Methodism's General Council on Finance and Administration. He led New Mexico's lay delegation to General Conference three times. Sager was elected to chair the General Conference Legislative Committee on Financial Administration, chaired the Committee on Audit and Review, and authored or co-authored many fiscal policies of the denomination as well as a booklet on internal audit and control, and a revised version of the "Local Church Audit Guide." He received the Judge Woodrow B. Seals Award from the Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, for his work with the poor and his leadership in restructuring the financial reporting system of the denomination. Stan Sager lives in Albuquerque with his wife, ShirleySager, Stan is the author of 'Four Corners Where the Holy Spirit Touches Navajo Hearts The Story of the Four Corners Native American Ministry of the United Methodist Church', published 2007 under ISBN 9781577363811 and ISBN 1577363817.
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