Background
Tingey was born in Bountiful, Utah, the oldest of ten children born to William W. Tingey and Sylvia Carr.
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Earl Carr Tingey
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In 1961, Tingey graduated from the University of Utah with a law degree.
Career
From 2001 to 2008, he was the senior (presiding) president of the Quorums of the Seventy. He served as an Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) missionary to Australia from 1955 to 1957. Tingey married Joanne Wells in the Saint George Temple on June 17, 1960.
He later obtained a Master of Laws degree from New York University.
While living in New York City, Tingey served as an Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) bishop. During his legal career, Tingey worked as legal counsel for Bunker Ramo Corporation, New Jersey Zinc, Gulf Oil, and Kennecott Corporation.
In the early 1970s, Tingey returned to Australia to serve as president of the church"s Australia Sydney Mission. After his return, he was called as a regional representative in 1980.
On August 15, 1996, he was called to the Presidency of the Seventy.
In June 2001, Tingey became the longest-consecutive serving president of the Seventy, which made him the presiding president of the Seventy. Tingey was released from the Presidency of the Seventy on 1 August 2008. In October 2008, he was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and was designated an emeritus general authority.
He then served from 2008 to 2011 as president of the Washington District of Columbia Temple.
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Achievements
Membership
In January 1991, Tingey became a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Foreign periods of time he has also been a member of the University of Utah Alumni Board and the National Advisory Board of the Utah Symphony.
