Background
Rector was born in Moberly, Missouri.
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Education
Rector studied at Murray State Teachers College and at the.
Career
Rector joined the United States Navy in 1943. In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean War, Rector returned to being a naval aviator. Upon reaching Japan, Rector met with a counselor in the mission presidency and was able to get permission to be baptized.
He was baptized February 24, 1952, in Japan.
Rector spent a total of 26 years as a navy pilot. From February to March 1969, Rector served as the interim president of the church"s Italian Mission.
Beginning in 1971, Rector was the first president of the church"s Alabama–Florida Mission. In the late 1970s, Rector served as president of the church"s San Diego California Mission.
In 1994, Rector was designated as an emeritus general authority and released from full-time ecclesiastical duties.
In 2009, allegations were made that Rector was an investor in a Ponzi scheme, and that his participation as an investor was used to attract additional Latter-day Saint investors. According to Utah County land records, Rector"s home in Provo was previously owned by a company affiliated with Brad Kitchen, and later owned by a company affiliated with Rick Koerber. Kitchen was sentenced to a 51-month prison sentence for securities fraud, and similar charges were brought against Koerber in 2009.
Membership
Rector served as a member of the First Council of the Seventy from 1968 to 1976 and as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1976 to 1994. He became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976.
