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| Robert K. Dellenbach | |||
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| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |||
| March 31, 1990 (1990-03-31) – June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06) | |||
| Called by | Ezra Taft Benson | ||
| End reason | Transferred to First Quorum of the Seventy | ||
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |||
| June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06) – October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06) | |||
| Called by | Ezra Taft Benson | ||
| End reason | Granted general authority emeritus status | ||
| Emeritus General Authority | |||
| October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06) | |||
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley | ||
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| Born | Robert Kent Dellenbach (1937-05-10) May 10, 1937 (age 87) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | ||
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Robert Kent Dellenbach (born May 10, 1937) is an American educational administrator and religious leader who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1990. He was the church's eighteenth general president of the Young Men organization from 1998 to 2001.
Dellenbach was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Clinton, Utah. After high school, he served as an LDS Church missionary in West Germany for 30 months. Upon returning to the United States, Dellenbach earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and an MBA degree from Brigham Young University. Dellenbach became a vice president with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and later became president of the Alaska Methodist University (now Alaska Pacific University) in Anchorage. He served as president of that university from July 1975 to July 1976. At the end of his term, the university suspended all operations for a year. He also worked for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, and at the Institute for Advanced Technology of Control Data Corporation in Rockville, Maryland.
LDS Church service
Prior to his call as a general authority, Dellenbach served in the LDS Church as a bishop, stake president, and regional representative. He was also president of the church's Germany Düsseldorf and Germany Munich missions. In 1990, he became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In 1992, he was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy.
In 1998, Dellenbach succeeded Jack H. Goaslind as the Young Men General President. Dellenbach had twice been Goaslind's second counselor (1990–91; 1997) and had twice been his first counselor (1991–92; 1997–98). As the Young Men General President, Dellenbach encouraged local units to adopt the venture program. He was released from this responsibility in 2001 and was succeeded by his own first counselor, F. Melvin Hammond.
During his tenure as a general authority, Dellenbach served in a number of area presidencies, including Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Pacific Islands, based in Auckland, New Zealand.
In October 2007, Dellenbach was designated as an emeritus general authority. Since then he has served as the LDS Church's official liaison to the Salvation Army, Utah Chapter. Dellenbach was the moving force behind the building of the Monson Scout Lodge at the Hinckley Scout Ranch in Utah.
References
- History of Alaska Pacific University, p. 113
- "TEN NEW LEADERS CALLED TO 2ND QUORUM OF SEVENTY", Deseret News, 7 April 1990. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
- "Young Men presidency", Deseret News, 10 October 1998. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
- presentation by Dellenbach on Venturing
- Pugmire, Genelle. "Boy Scout lodge in Uinta Mountains named after President Thomas S. Monson", Provo Herald, 6 October 2016. Retrieved on 25 March 2020.
- Ryan McDonald, "Salvation Army lauds LDS liaison to help people in need", Church News, May 11, 2013.
- article on Monson Scout Lodge dedication
External links
- "Elder Robert K. Dellenbach of the Seventy," Ensign, May 1990, p. 103
- 2007 Church News bio of Dallenbach
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| Preceded byJack H. Goaslind | General President of the Young Men 1998–2001 |
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1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. |
- 1937 births
- Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
- American Mormon missionaries in Germany
- Marriott School of Management alumni
- General Presidents of the Young Men (organization)
- Living people
- Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)
- Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)
- Mission presidents (LDS Church)
- People from Davis County, Utah
- Religious leaders from Salt Lake City
- Regional representatives of the Twelve
- University of Alaska System
- University of Utah alumni
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
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- American general authorities (LDS Church)
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- Salk Institute for Biological Studies people