Lorenzo Neville Hoopes

Background

Hoopes, Lorenzo Neville was born on November 5, 1913 in Brigham City, Utah, United States. Son of Jesse W. and Matilda (Eastman) Hoopes.

Education

Student, Weber College, 1933. Student, University Utah, 1935. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Utah, 1975.

Graduate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard, 1952. Master of Business Administration, Pepperdine University, 1976. Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Oklahoma Christian College, 1977.

Career

When he retired in 1979 he was the senior vice president at Safeway. returned to Safeway in 1955. was serving as bishop of the Oakland California Ward that included where the Oakland Temple now is when the ground was broken for the first Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) meetinghouse on that general site in about 1957. He served as president of the Oakland Temple from 1985 to 1990. " wife, Stella Bobbies Sorenson, died on January 14, 1996.

Among " children is David C. and Janet (deceased). was as of January 2010 the head of the Paramount Theatre Board in Oakland, California.

The Paramount Theatre is a public institution with a board that appoints new members, with the consent of the city council and mayor, but in the past the decisions of the board have always been upheld. was also believed to be the person in Oakland who donated the largest amount of money to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign, which has caused some to seek to oust from his unpaid volunteer position with the Paramount Theatre. He has been on the board for the theatre for nearly 30 years.

Achievements

• Lorenzo Neville Hoopes has been listed as a noteworthy retailing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Views

Human beings get salvation both through the grace of God and their own actions. Part of the work of salvation has been done by the atonement of Jesus Christ, in that all human beings are guaranteed resurrection, but to attain the full quality of eternal life, human beings also have work to do.

Membership

President England Bristol Mission, 1979-1982, Oakland Board Education, 1959-1977, Oakland Temple, Latter Day Saints Church, 1983-1990. Chairman Foundation for American Agriculture, 1976-1979. Vice chairman Farm Foundation, 1976-1984.

Member national advisory council University Utah, since 1970, chairman, 1989-1991. Chairman national advisory council Graduate School Management, Brigham Young University, 1976-1979. President Coordinating Council for Higher Education, State California, 1973-1974.

Member National Dairy Council (chairman, secretary, director 1959-1979), United Dairy Industries Association (founding director 1970-1978). Lodge: Rotary.

Connections

Married Stella Bobbie Sorensen, April 9, 1938. Children: David Craig, Janet.

Father:

Jesse W. Hoopes

Mother:

Matilda (Eastman) Hoopes

Spouse:

Stella Bobbie Sorensen

child:

David Craig Hoopes

child:

Janet Hoopes