- Robert D. Hales
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English name =Robert D. Hales
birth_name=Robert Dean Hales
birth_date=birth date and age|1932|08|24
birthplace=New York City ,New York
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president_who_called=Ezra Taft Benson
apostledate=death date and age|1994|04|07|1932|08|24
ordination_reason=Death ofMarvin J. Ashton
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reorganization=Robert Dean Hales (born
August 24 ,1932 ) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).Born in
New York City ,New York , Hales has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve sinceApril 2 ,1994 . He was ordained an apostle onApril 7 ,1994 following the death ofMarvin J. Ashton . Hales was also the eleventh presiding bishop of the LDS Church between 1985 and 1994, anAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1975 and 1976, and a member of theFirst Quorum of the Seventy between 1976 and 1985. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Hales is accepted by the church as aprophet, seer, and revelator . His father Rulon Hales was a successful artist.Hales serves as a member of the Church Board of Education that governs the
Church Educational System . He has degrees from theUniversity of Utah andHarvard Business School . Hales was a pilot in theU.S. Air Force and was president of theEngland London Mission in the late 1970s.During his professional business career, Hales served in executive positions with four major national companies. After joining the
Gillette Co. , he became president of thePapermate , a division of Gillette. Then he joinedMax Factor as a vice president, and later headedHughes Television Network . Just prior to his call to be ageneral authority , he was president of the Chesebrough-Pond's.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 lead to the building of the
Manhattan New York Temple .ee also
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Council on the Disposition of the Tithes
*Henry B. Eyring
*Glenn L. Pace References
* [http://www.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2676790fbf69f010VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRD&vgnextchannel=67509c643826e010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD LDS Church biography]
* [http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=fc16425e0848b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve,"] "Ensign", May 1994, pp. 105–106External links
* [http://www.gapages.com/halesrd1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Robert D. Hales]
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