- Robert L. Simpson
Robert Leatham Simpson (
August 8 ,1915 –April 15 ,2003 ) was ageneral authority ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1961 to 1989.Simpson served as an LDS missionary in the
New Zealand Mission of the church as a young adult. In the 1950s, Simpson returned to the New Zealand Mission as themission president .Simpson became a
general authority of the church in 1961 when he was asked to be the first counselor to Presiding BishopJohn H. Vandenburg . Simpson served in this capacity until he and Vandenburg were released and madeAssistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1972. In this position, Simpson was the managing director of "LDS Social Services" (now renamedLDS Family Services ). When the calling of Assistant to the Twelve was discontinued in 1976, Simpson was added to theFirst Quorum of the Seventy , where he served until 1989, when he was made anemeritus member of that quorum and relieved of church duties.As a member of the Seventy, at various times Simpson was managing director of the church's Temple Department, president of the
Pacific Area, president of theLos Angeles California Temple , a member of the general presidency of theYoung Men Organization , and president of theEngland London East Mission. For the last 4 years of his tenure as a general authority, Simpson was general president of the Sunday School.Simpson died in
St. George, Utah . ["2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 91]Notes
References
* [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4a80307e3584b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Robert L. Simpson,”] "Ensign", Jul. 1972, 11
External links
* [http://gapages.com/simpsrl1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Robert L. Simpson]
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