Don R. Clarke

Don R. Clarke
Second Quorum of the Seventy
April 1, 2006 (2006-04-01) – April 2, 2011 (2011-04-02)
Called by Gordon B. Hinckley
End reason Transferred to First Quorum of the Seventy
First Quorum of the Seventy
April 2, 2011 (2011-04-02) – incumbent
Called by Thomas S. Monson
Personal details
Born Don Ray Clarke
December 11, 1945 (1945-12-11) (age 66)
Rexburg, Idaho, United States

Don Ray Clarke (born December 11, 1945) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2006. He has been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the LDS Church since 2011.

In the 1960s, Clarke served as an LDS Church missionary in Argentina. He has a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Washington State University.

Although he began his career with Ford Motor Company, Clarke spent most of his career as an executive in retail companies. By the mid-1980s he was serving as chairman of May Department Store's Venture operation.[1] He was chairman and CEO of Caldor Corporation from 1986 to 1998, both before and after it split from May Department Stores in 1989.[2] Clarke then returned to work for May as president of Lord & Taylor.[2][3] Clarke also served as a volunteer professor of business at Southern Virginia University and was involved with Ascend Humanitarian Alliance in beginning microcredit operations in Bolivia.[4] Clark also served as an advisor to President Rodney Smith on Southern Virginia University's finances.

Prior to being called as a general authority Clarke served in several local LDS Church positions including as a bishop and stake president. He was a mission president in Bolivia from 2001 to 2004.[5]

Clarke became a general authority in 2006 when he became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In 2011, he was made a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Clarke served for a time as president of the LDS Church's Central America Area and while in this position presided at the ground-breaking ceremony for the San Salvador El Salvador Temple.[6] He also conducted the ground-breaking ceremony for the Quezaltenango Guatemala Temple.[7]

Clarke and his wife Mary Ann Jackson are the parents of six children.

Notes

  1. ^ "Venture's Clarke Takes Helm at Caldor, Set 'to Fix Business'", Discount Store News Nov. 10, 1986.
  2. ^ a b George Gunset, "Caldor Chief To Lead Lord & Taylor", Chicago Tribune May 27, 1998.
  3. ^ Church News January 13, 2001.
  4. ^ "SVU's Returned Missionaries Improve Bolivian Businesses", Meridian Magazine Feb. 6, 2006.
  5. ^ Church News May 27, 2006.
  6. ^ Church News February 12, 2011.
  7. ^ Church News 31 March, 2011.

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