[1] He intending to spend his life farming, until he was offered a position as coordinator of student activities at USU after his military service.

[2] Kerr made his career in the field of learning, serving in administrative positions at USU, Weber State College and the University of Utah.

[6] Kerr had been serving as commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education since 1985 when he was called as president of the church's Texas Dallas Mission in 1993.

[7] Kerr also served in the LDS Church as a stake president, bishop's counselor, high councilor, and on the Sunday School General Board.

As a general authority, he served in a number of area presidencies prior to being appointed as the Commissioner of the Church Educational System (CES) in 2005.