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Manookin studied under Frank West. Asper, Alexander Schreiner, B. Cecil Gates and J. Spencer Cornwall.
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Robert P. Manookin
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Manookin holds a master"s degree from the University of Illinois and a doctorate from the University of Utah. He first moved to Utah County in 1952. Several of Manookin"s works appeared in the 1985 English edition of the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) hymnbook.
Among these were "Thy Will, O Lord, Be Done" (words by Frank I Kooyman) and "See The Mighty Priesthood Gathered" (words by Jean L Kaberry).
He also wrote the misic for Bruce R. McConkie"s hymn "In an Upper Room" to be made into a hymn as well as Mabel Jones Gabbott"s "The Risen Jesus in America". Manookin was a professor of music composition and theory at Brigham Young University.
He was a stake patriarch in the Orem Suncrest Stake until his death.
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