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| name = Richard E. Cook
| name = Richard E. Cook
| birth_name = Richard Ernest Cook
| birth_name = Richard Ernest Cook
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1930|09|07}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|09|07}}
| birth_place = [[Pleasant Grove, Utah|Pleasant Grove]], [[Utah]], United States
| birth_place = [[Pleasant Grove, Utah|Pleasant Grove]], [[Utah]], United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|05|01|1930|09|07}}
| death_place = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], United States
| position_or_quorum1 = [[Second Quorum of the Seventy]]
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| called_by1 = [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]
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| end_date1 = {{end date|2001|10|06}}
| end_date1 = {{end date|2001|10|06}}
| end_reason1 = Honorably released}}
| end_reason1 = Honorably released}}
'''Richard Ernest Cook''' (born September 7, 1930) is a former [[general authority]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) and was also the chief financial officer for the [[Perpetual Education Fund]]. He is married to [[Mary N. Cook]], a [[Young Women organization|young women]] leader in the LDS Church. Cook was the first [[mission president]] of the LDS Church in [[Mongolia]].
'''Richard Ernest Cook''' (September 7, 1930–May 1, 2024) was a former [[general authority]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) and was also the chief financial officer for the [[Perpetual Education Fund]]. He is married to [[Mary N. Cook]], a [[Young Women organization|young women]] leader in the LDS Church. Cook was the first [[mission president]] of the LDS Church in [[Mongolia]].


Cook was born in [[Pleasant Grove, Utah|Pleasant Grove]], [[Utah]]. He received a [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Brigham Young University]] and an [[MBA degree]] from [[Northwestern University]]. He spent most of his career as a financial executive with [[Ford Motor Company]]. He married Clea Searle in 1950 and they had four children. She died in 1984. He married [[Mary N. Cook|Mary Nielsen]] in 1988.
Cook was born in [[Pleasant Grove, Utah|Pleasant Grove]], [[Utah]]. He received a [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Brigham Young University]] and an [[MBA degree]] from [[Northwestern University]]. He spent most of his career as a financial executive with [[Ford Motor Company]]. He married Clea Searle in 1950 and they had four children. She died in 1984. He married [[Mary N. Cook|Mary Nielsen]] in 1988.
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From 2001 to 2012, Cook served as the chief financial officer of the [[Perpetual Education Fund]]. On October 13, 2023, Ambassador Batbayar Ulziidelger presented Cook with the [[Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia)|Order of the Polar Star]].<ref>https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2023/10/20/23925279/7-foreign-dignitaries-meet-with-church-leaders-samoa-senegal-mexico-mongolia-ethiopia-hungary-rwanda#&gid=1&pid=1</ref>
From 2001 to 2012, Cook served as the chief financial officer of the [[Perpetual Education Fund]]. On October 13, 2023, Ambassador Batbayar Ulziidelger presented Cook with the [[Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia)|Order of the Polar Star]].<ref>https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2023/10/20/23925279/7-foreign-dignitaries-meet-with-church-leaders-samoa-senegal-mexico-mongolia-ethiopia-hungary-rwanda#&gid=1&pid=1</ref>


Cook died in [[Salt Lake City]] on May 1, 2024, at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2024/05/02/elder-richard-e-cook-dies-first-mongolia-mission-president-obituary/ Elder Richard E. Cook, emeritus General Authority Seventy, dies at age 93]</ref>
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Revision as of 21:54, 2 May 2024

Richard E. Cook
Second Quorum of the Seventy
April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) – October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)
Called byGordon B. Hinckley
End reasonHonorably released
Personal details
BornRichard Ernest Cook
(1930-09-07)September 7, 1930
Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States
DiedMay 1, 2024(2024-05-01) (aged 93)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Richard Ernest Cook (September 7, 1930–May 1, 2024) was a former general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was also the chief financial officer for the Perpetual Education Fund. He is married to Mary N. Cook, a young women leader in the LDS Church. Cook was the first mission president of the LDS Church in Mongolia.

Cook was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah. He received a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and an MBA degree from Northwestern University. He spent most of his career as a financial executive with Ford Motor Company. He married Clea Searle in 1950 and they had four children. She died in 1984. He married Mary Nielsen in 1988.

He served in the LDS Church as a counselor in the presidency of the Bloomfield Hills Michigan Stake. In the mid-1990s, Cook and his wife, Mary, went to Mongolia to serve as missionaries for the LDS Church. He served as the first mission president in Mongolia. He was a member of the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy from 1997 to 2001. During much of this time he served in the Asia Area presidency.

From 2001 to 2012, Cook served as the chief financial officer of the Perpetual Education Fund. On October 13, 2023, Ambassador Batbayar Ulziidelger presented Cook with the Order of the Polar Star.[1]

Cook died in Salt Lake City on May 1, 2024, at the age of 93.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2023/10/20/23925279/7-foreign-dignitaries-meet-with-church-leaders-samoa-senegal-mexico-mongolia-ethiopia-hungary-rwanda#&gid=1&pid=1
  2. ^ Elder Richard E. Cook, emeritus General Authority Seventy, dies at age 93
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