Robert D. Hales

Robert D. Hales
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2, 1994 (1994-04-02) – incumbent
Called by	Ezra Taft Benson
LDS Church Apostle
April 7, 1994 (1994-04-07) – incumbent
Called by	Ezra Taft Benson
Reason	Death of Marvin J. Ashton
Presiding Bishop
April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06) – April 2, 1994 (1994-04-02)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
End reason	Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
First Quorum of the Seventy
October 1, 1976 (1976-10-01) – April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
End reason	Called as Presiding Bishop
Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 4, 1975 (1975-04-04) – October 1, 1976 (1976-10-01)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
End reason	Position abolished
Military career
1954-1958
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Rank	Captain
Personal details
Born	Robert Dean Hales (1932-08-24) August 24, 1932 New York City, New York, United States
Alma mater	University of Utah (B.S.) Harvard Business School (MBA)
Spouse	Mary Crandall
Children	2

Robert Dean Hales (born August 24, 1932) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Currently, he is the eighth most senior apostle among the ranks of the Church. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Hales is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator.

Church service

Hales has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve since April 2, 1994. He was ordained an apostle on April 7, 1994 following the death of Marvin J. Ashton. Hales served previously as the eleventh presiding bishop of the LDS Church between 1985 and 1994, as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy between 1976 and 1985, and as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1975 and 1976.

As a native of New York City, Hales is often the church's point man on dealing with issues in the city. He was involved in some of the early planning that led to the building of the Manhattan New York Temple.

Prior to his appointment to serve as a church general authority, Hales was president of the England London Mission in the late 1970s. Hales served three times as a local bishop in Weston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois and Frankfurt, Germany. He also served as a branch president in Seville, Spain.

Biography

Hales was born in New York City, New York, and raised in Queens. He was the son of (John) Rulon Hales and his wife Vera Marie Holbrooke. Rulon Hales was a successful artist. He received degrees from the University of Utah and Harvard Business School. Hales was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He married Mary Crandall, whom he met as a college sophomore in Queens, in the Salt Lake Temple; they have two sons.

During his professional business career, Hales served in executive positions with four major national companies. After joining the Gillette Co., he became president of Papermate, a division of Gillette. Then he joined Max Factor as a vice president, and later headed Hughes Television Network. Just prior to his call to be a general authority, he was president of Chesebrough-Pond's.

In 2010, Deseret Book published Hales' book Return.

Works

• Hales, Robert D. (2010), Return: four phases of our mortal journey home, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, ISBN 9781570087691, OCLC 562780912 
•    (Winter 1987), "The British Contribution to the Restored Gospel", BYU Studies 27 (1): 12–24, https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/BYUStudies/article/view/5648/5298 

See also

• Council on the Disposition of the Tithes
• Henry B. Eyring
• Glenn L. Pace

References

• Elder Robert D. Hales, "Official Biographies for leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", Newsroom (LDS Church), http://newsroom.lds.org/leader-biographies/elder-robert-d-hales 
• Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve, "News of the Church", Ensign: 105–106, May 1994, http://lds.org/ensign/1994/05/news-of-the-church?lang=eng 

External links

• "General Authorities: Elder Robert D. Hales", lds.org
• Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Robert D. Hales
• Hales on Special Witnesses of Christ

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Victor L. Brown	Presiding Bishop 1985—1994	Succeeded by Merrill J. Bateman
Preceded by Richard G. Scott	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles April 7, 1994—	Succeeded by Jeffrey R. Holland