Quentin L. Cook
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| October 6, 2007 – incumbent | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| October 11, 2007 – incumbent | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| Reason | Death of James E. Faust; Henry B. Eyring added to First Presidency |
| Presidency of the Seventy | |
| August 1, 2007 – October 6, 2007 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 5, 1998 – October 6, 2007 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 6, 1996 – April 5, 1998 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| End reason | Transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Quentin LaMar Cook September 8, 1940 Logan, Utah, United States |
| Education | Utah State University Stanford Law School |
| Spouse | Mary Gaddie (1962–present) |
| Children | 3 |
Quentin LaMar Cook (born September 8, 1940) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Currently, he is the thirteenth most senior apostle in the ranks of the Church.
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[edit] Biographical background
Born in Logan, Utah, Cook is among three children of Bernice Kimball and J. Vernon Cook. He is a great-great grandson of LDS Church apostle Heber C. Kimball and great-grandson of David Patten Kimball.
From 1960 to 1962, Cook served as an LDS Church missionary to England, where he and Jeffrey R. Holland served as companions.[1] After his return, he married his high school sweetheart, Mary Gaddie, in the Logan Utah Temple on November 30, 1962. He graduated from Utah State University in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in political science and from Stanford Law School in 1966.
The Cooks moved to Hillsborough, California, where they had three children. Cook worked for 27 years as a corporate attorney, becoming a managing partner of Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson and Horn in the San Francisco Bay area; for three years as president and chief executive officer of California Healthcare System (CHS); and then for some time[citation needed] as vice chairman of Sutter Health System. [2] Cook also volunteered for 14 years as city attorney.
[edit] Church service
Within the LDS Church, Cook has served as a member of the presidency of the Pacifica Stake, San Francisco Stake, a regional representative, an area seventy in the North American West Area, and Executive Director of the Missionary Department during his service as a general authority.
Cook was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 6, 1996, to the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 5, 1998, and to the Presidency of the Seventy on August 1, 2007.
Filling a vacancy created by Henry B. Eyring being called to be a member of the First Presidency, he was sustained to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 6, 2007 .[3] As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Cook is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator.
[edit] Works
- Articles
- Cook, Quentin L. (June 2011), "The True Path to Happiness", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2011/06/the-true-path-to-happiness?lang=eng
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Holland, Jeffrey R. (April 2008), "Elder Quentin L. Cook: A Willing Heart and Mind", Ensign, http://lds.org/ensign/2008/04/elder-quentin-l-cook-a-willing-heart-and-mind?lang=eng
- ^ Davis, Lisa (1998-01-21), "Sutter's Empire Strikes Back", SF Weekly, http://www.sfweekly.com/1998-01-21/news/sutter-s-empire-strikes-back/
- ^ "Church President Names New Leaders", Newsroom (LDS Church), 7 October 2007, http://newsroom.lds.org/article/church-president-names-new-leaders
[edit] References
- Elder Quentin L. Cook, "Official Biographies for leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", Newsroom (LDS Church), http://newsroom.lds.org/leader-biographies/elder-quentin-l-cook
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| Preceded by David A. Bednar |
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles October 6, 2007— |
Succeeded by D. Todd Christofferson |
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- American chief executives
- American Mormon missionaries
- California lawyers
- Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- People from Logan, Utah
- Presidents of the seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Utah State University alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Regional representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Area seventies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- Mormon missionaries in England
- American Latter Day Saints
