Lorin N.
Pace, an American politician and attorney who served in the Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate, died on February 24, 2026, at age 100. A Republican, he attended Emporia State University, Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.
Pace worked as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State from 1954 to 1956 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and then served from 1956 to 1960 as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He later served as Speaker of the Utah House in 1969 and as minority leader from 1971 to 1975.
Lorin Nelson Pace (August 15, 1925 – February 24, 2026) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate. An attorney, Pace attended Emporia State University (Bachelor of Arts), Brigham Young University (Bachelor of Laws), and the University of Utah (Juris Doctor). He worked with the United States Department of State as a foreign service officer from 1954 to 1956 at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where he also served as president of the San Pedro Sula Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the first half of 1956. From 1956 to 1960 Pace served as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.