Background
Wilcox was born in Hyrum, Utah but spent most of his life in Ogden, Utah.
Wilcox was born in Hyrum, Utah but spent most of his life in Ogden, Utah.
University of Utah; University of Oregon. Weber State University.
He was also a prominent architect who designed the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah and the Washington District of Columbia Temple. He also served one term in the Utah House of Representatives. He served in the United States Navy during World World War World War II He began his college studies at what is now Weber State University and received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah.
He then received a masters degree in architecture from the University of Oregon.
Wilcox was elected to the Utah State House of Representatives as a Republican in 1978. He served for one term.
From 1974 to 1977, he was president of the church"s Indiana Indianapolis Mission. He also served for four years as president of the Ogden Utah Temple.
He served in that quorum until he was moved to the Second Quorum of the Seventy when it was created in April 1989 and was then released as a general authority in October 1989.
From 1992 until 1994, Wilcox was the director of the Los Angeles Temple Visitors Center. On July 17, 1945, Wilcox married Viva May Gammell in the Logan Utah Temple and they are the parents of six daughters. Wilcox wrote the work The Washington District of Columbia Temple: A Light to the World, a history of its architectural development.
Weber State University has an art scholarship named for Wilcox.
Wilcox died in Ogden, Utah.
Wilcox was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in October 1984.
