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| − | '''Richard E. Cook''' is a former [[General Authority]] of the [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He served in the Second Quorum of the [[Seventy]] from April 5, 1997 to October 6, 2001. During much of his service he was a member of the Asia Area presidency. From 2001 to 2012, he was the chief financial officer of the [[Perpetual Education Fund]]. He also served in the Church as a bishop, stake high councilor, stake president’s counselor, and [[Young Men]] president.
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| − | Cook was born on September 7, 1930, in Pleasant Grove, Utah. He earned his bachelor’s degree from [[Brigham Young University]] and his MBA degree from Northwestern University. Most of his career was spent as a financial executive for the Ford Motor Company in Michigan. He retired as general assistant controller.
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| − | He and his first wife, Clea, were the parents of four children. After her death in 1984, he married [[Mary N. Cook|Mary Nielsen]] in 1988. Together they served as missionaries in Mongolia, and then when a Mongolian mission was formed he was appointed to serve as the first mission. Mary served as a counselor in the [[Young Women]] general presidency from 2007 to 2013 under two presidents, [[Susan W. Tanner]] and [[Elaine S. Dalton]].
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