Quentin L. Cook

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Quentin L. Cook

Quentin La Mar Cook (born September 8, 1940 in Logan , Utah ) is an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 2007 .

Life

Cook grew up in Logan, Utah, with two siblings. From 1960 to 1962 he was a missionary in the United Kingdom. Upon his return, he married on November 30, 1962 in the Logan Utah Temple . He had met his wife in high school . The marriage had three children. Cook studied political science at Utah State University , where he received a bachelor's degree in 1963 . He and his wife have now moved to California , where he continued his studies at Stanford University and spent the next 33 years of his life. In 1966 he received his Juris Doctor from Stanford University . He has now worked for the law firm Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson and Horn , located in the San Francisco Bay Area . Later in his career, he became a partner in the law firm. He later became President and CEO of California Healthcare System , and when that company was merged into Sutter Health, Vice Chairman of the latter.

In April 1996, Cook, an active parishioner of his Church in San Francisco, became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In 1998 he moved to the First Quorum of the Seventy. He later also served in the Presidency of the Seventy. On October 6, 2007, Cook was called to be an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Gordon B. Hinckley , and became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He filled the vacancy created by the appointment of Henry B. Eyring as 2nd Counselor to the First Presidency , the Church's highest governing body.

Apostle Heber C. Kimball is his maternal great-great grandfather.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Called to Serve: Elder Quentin L. Cook , Nov. 2007, Latter-day Saint Church website of Jesus Christ
personal data
SURNAME Cook, Quentin L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cook, Quentin La Mar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Logan , Utah