Earl C. Tingey

Earl Carr Tingey (born June 11, 1934) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1991. From 2001 to August 2008, he was the senior (presiding) president of the Quorums of the Seventy. [http://www.mormontimes.com/WC_headquarters.php?id=1257 "Changes in Church leadership"] , "Church News", 2008-06-07.]

Tingey was born in Bountiful, Utah, the oldest of ten children born to William W. Tingey and Sylvia Carr. He served as a LDS missionary to Australia between 1955 and 1957. Tingey married Joanne Wells in the St. George Utah Temple on June 17, 1960. In 1961, Tingey graduated from the University of Utah with a law degree. He later obtained a Master of Laws degree from New York University. While living in New York City, Tingey served as an LDS bishop. During his legal career, Tingey worked as legal counsel for Bunker Ramo Corporation, New Jersey Zinc, Gulf Oil, and Kennecott Corporation.

In the late 1970s, Tingey returned to Australia to serve as the mission president in the church's Australia Sydney Mission. Upon his return in 1980, he was called as a regional representative of the Twelve.

In January 1991, Tingey was ordained a seventy and became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. On August 15, 1996, he was called as one of the seven presidents of the Seventy. In June 2001, Tingey became the longest-consecutive serving president of the Seventy, which made him the presiding president of the Seventy. Tingey was released from the Presidency of the Seventy on 1 August 2008 and was then assigned as the president of the Washington D.C. Temple.

Tingey served for three years as president of the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America and was awarded the Silver Beaver Award. For periods of time he has also been a member of the University of Utah Alumni Board and the National Advisory Board of the Utah Symphony.

Tingey is a frequent contributor to the church's magazines "Ensign" and "Liahona" and is the author of "The Atonement: Fulfilling God's Great Plan of Happiness".

Publications

*Tingey, Earl C. (2000). "The Atonement: Fulfilling God's Great Plan of Happiness". (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book). ISBN 1573455660.
*——. [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8a9fb5658af22110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1 “Prophets—Pioneer and Modern Day,”] "Ensign", May 2007, 29–31.
*——. [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=7fec2ee01e31c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “The Quorums of the Seventy,”] "Ensign", Aug. 2005, 48–50.
*——. [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=23458d00422fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1 “The Law of Tithing,”] "Liahona", July 2002, 10–12.
*——. [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=30527cf34f40c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “The Sabbath Day and Sunday Shopping,”] "Ensign", May 1996, 10.
*——. [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=1aa66a4430c0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “The Widows of Zion,”] "Ensign", May 2000, 62.

Notes

References

* [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=1389dbdcc370c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Changes in Presidency of Seventy,”] "Ensign", Aug. 1996, 71.
* [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=c8bf66ce3a47b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Earl C. Tingey of the Seventy,”] "Ensign", Feb. 1991, 74–75.

External links

* [http://gapages.com/tingeec1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Earl C. Tingey]