Background
Hoopes was born to Lorenzo Hoopes and his wife Stella in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Hoopes was born to Lorenzo Hoopes and his wife Stella in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Brigham Young University. University of Southern California.
He received a Bachelor in political science and an Master of Arts in International Public Administration from Brigham Young University. Hoopes then received an Master of Public Administration and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Southern California. While working on these degrees he served as president of Anthony Craig & Associates in Los Los Angeles
He was also a consultant to a California legislative committee on reorganizing the Los Angeles Unified School District.
In 1971 Hoopes joined the Nixon Administration and in 1974 he was made Special Assistant to the President. After Gerald Ford lost his bid for re-election, Hoopes returned to the private sector working for Bechtel Corporation.
From 2004 to 2007 he was president of the Caracas Venezuela Temple. Hoopes married Diane Tuttle, the daughter of A. Theodore Tuttle.
They are the parents of seven children.