Scott D. Whiting
| Scott D. Whiting | ||
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| First Quorum of the Seventy | ||
| March 31, 2012 | ||
| Called by | Thomas S. Monson | |
| Personal details | ||
| Born |
Scott Duane Whiting April 1961 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | |
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Scott Duane Whiting (born April 1961) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2012. He is a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.
Whiting was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a young man, he served as a full-time church missionary in the Japan Tokyo North Mission. After his mission, he completed a bachelor's degree in Japanese at Brigham Young University and a juris doctorate from the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.
Whiting moved to Kailua, Hawaii and became the vice president and in-house counsel for Molokai Ranch; in 2001, he became the president and CEO.[1]
In the LDS Church, Whiting has been a bishop, stake president, and an area seventy. He became a general authority and a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy at the March–April 2012 general conference of the LDS Church.
In April 1984, Whiting married Jeri Lynn Olson. They have five children.
Notes
- ↑ Russ Lynch, "Molokai Ranch boss departs", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 2001-02-05.
References
- "Elder Scott D. Whiting", Liahona, May 2013.