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| - Elder Scott was born on November 7, 1928, to Kenneth Leroy and Mary Whittle Scott in Pocatello, Idaho. When he was 5, his family moved to Washington, D.C., where his father served with the Department of Agriculture, later becoming an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. He was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1977 and was called to serve in the Presidency of that quorum in 1983. He would serve in that capacity until his call to the Quorum of the Twelve in October 1988.
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| - Elder Scott was born on November 7, 1928, to Kenneth Leroy and Mary Whittle Scott in Pocatello, Idaho. When he was 5, his family moved to Washington, D.C., where his father served with the Department of Agriculture, later becoming an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Elder Scott graduated from George Washington University as a mechanical engineer and thereafter completed postgraduate work in nuclear engineering at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He met and dated Jeanene Watkins, but marriage was delayed while they both served full-time missions for the Mormon Church, Richard to Uruguay and Jeanene to the Northwestern United States. They were married and sealed on July 16, 1953, in the Manti Utah Temple. They had been married for 42 years when Jeanene passed away on May 15, 1995. They had seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood. From 1953 to 1965 Elder Scott served on the immediate staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover, directing the development of nuclear fuel for a wide variety of naval and land-based power plants. He simultaneously held positions in the Church, serving as a regional representative in the Uruguay, Paraguay, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. areas until his call as a Seventy. Plans for a quiet life as a government servant came to an end in 1965, when he was called to preside over the Argentina North Mission. He served in that position until 1969. Among the missionaries who served under President Scott was D. Todd Christofferson Upon his return to the States, Scott continued to hold Church positions and worked as a private consultant to the nuclear industry (see his entry on Famous Mormon Scientists.) He was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1977 and was called to serve in the Presidency of that quorum in 1983. He would serve in that capacity until his call to the Quorum of the Twelve in October 1988. Elder Scott is known for delivering compassionate talks at General Conference, looking directly into the camera, and pleading for repentance and improvements in the lives of members. He emphasizes the Savior's compassion and willingness to forgive past transgressions, and pleads for members to repent and move on with their lives. Currently, Elder Scott serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee and Member of the Church Board of Education which governs the Church Educational System.
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