| Coleen K. Menlove | |
|---|---|
| 13th Primary General President | |
| October 1, 1999 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| Predecessor | Patricia Peterson Pinegar |
| Successor | Cheryl C. Lant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1943 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Alma mater | University of Utah, Brigham Young University |
| Spouse(s) | Dean W. Menlove |
| Children | 7 |
Coleen K. Menlove (born July 1, 1943) is an American religious leader who was the tenth Primary General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1999 to 2005. [1]
The Primary is a children's organization and an official auxiliary within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It acts as a Sunday school organization for the church's children under the age of 12.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian, Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide. According to the church, it has over 16 million members and 65,000 full-time volunteer missionaries. In 2012, the National Council of Churches ranked the church as the fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States, with over 6.5 million members there as of January 2018. It is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith during the early 19th century period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.
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Menlove was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education at the University of Utah and later completed a master's degree in education from Brigham Young University. She taught part-time in elementary schools in Salt Lake City.
A bachelor's degree or baccalaureate is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years. In some institutions and educational systems, some bachelor's degrees can only be taken as graduate or postgraduate degrees after a first degree has been completed. In countries with qualifications frameworks, bachelor's degrees are normally one of the major levels in the framework, although some qualifications titled bachelor's degrees may be at other levels and some qualifications with non-bachelor's titles may be classified as bachelor's degrees.
The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. As the state's flagship university, it offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 92 graduate degree programs. The university is classified among "Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity" with "selective, higher transfer-in" admissions. Graduate studies include the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the School of Medicine, Utah's first medical school. As of Fall 2018, there are 24,735 undergraduate students and 8,251 graduate students, for an enrollment total of 32,994.
A master's degree is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. A master's degree normally requires previous study at the bachelor's level, either as a separate degree or as part of an integrated course. Within the area studied, master's graduates are expected to possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theoretical and applied topics; high order skills in analysis, critical evaluation, or professional application; and the ability to solve complex problems and think rigorously and independently.
Prior to her call as Primary General President, Menlove served on the general board of the church's Young Women organization. In October 1999, Menlove was selected to succeed Patricia P. Pinegar to lead the LDS Church's organization for children. [2] She called Sydney S. Reynolds as first counselor and Gayle M. Clegg as second counselor. During Menlove's tenure, the Primary organization celebrated its 125th anniversary. In 2005, Menlove was released and was succeeded by Cheryl C. Lant. Menlove's general conference addresses included Living Happily Ever After. [3]
General Conference is a gathering of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held biannually every April and October at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. During each conference, members of the church gather in a series of two-hour sessions to listen to sermons from church leaders. It consists of four general sessions. Since April 2018 the priesthood session is only held during the April conference, and a General Women's Session held during October's conference.
In 2005, Menlove was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award by the Boy Scouts of America.
The Silver Buffalo Award is the national-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. It is presented for noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on a national basis, either as part of, or independent of the Scouting program. The award is made by the National Court of Honor and the recipient need not be a registered member of the BSA.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 2.3 million youth participants and about one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, about 110 million Americans participated in BSA programs at some time in their lives. BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.
Menlove and her husband, Dean W. Menlove, were married in 1964 and they are the parents of seven children.
