Earl C. Tingey

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Earl Carr Tingey (born June 11, 1934) is a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and has been the senior (presiding) president of the Quorums of the Seventy since 2001. In June 2008, it was announced that Tingey would be released as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on 1 August 2008.^[1]

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. Currently, one of his major responsibilities is supervising the Area Seventies in the North America East and North America Northeast Areas of the church. He is also an ex officio member of the Executive Committee of the Church Board of Education in the Church Educational System. He is scheduled to be released from these duties and as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on 1 August 2008.^[1]

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.

1 Publications
2 Notes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Publications

Tingey, Earl C. (2000). The Atonement: Fulfilling God's Great Plan of Happiness. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book). ISBN 1573455660.
——. “Prophets—Pioneer and Modern Day,” Ensign, May 2007, 29–31.
——. “The Quorums of the Seventy,” Ensign, Aug. 2005, 48–50.
——. “The Law of Tithing,” Liahona, July 2002, 10–12.
——. “The Sabbath Day and Sunday Shopping,” Ensign, May 1996, 10.
——. “The Widows of Zion,” Ensign, May 2000, 62.