Larry Echo Hawk

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Larry Echo Hawk
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Echo Hawk in 2009
11th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office
May 22, 2009 April 27, 2012

In the LDS Church, Echo Hawk has served as president of a student stake on the BYU campus, a bishop, and high councilor.

At the time he was elected State Attorney General in Idaho, he was serving as a member of the board of trustees of LDS Social Services. [13]

He was accepted by church membership as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on March 31, 2012. During his first year as a general authority he made multiple trips throughout the southwest US, often meeting with groups of Latter-day Saint Native Americans. [14] From 2013 to 2015, Echo Hawk served as second counselor in the presidency of the church's Philippines Area. [15] [16] From 2015 to 2018, Echo Hawk served as an assistant executive director of the church's Correlation Department. [17] He was also a member of the LDS Church's Boundary and Leadership Change Committee. [18] On October 6, 2018, Echo Hawk was released and designated an emeritus general authority. [19]

Personal life

He later baptized Teresa "Terry" Pries, whom he had been dating for several years. In 1968, their marriage in the Salt Lake Temple was performed by Spencer W. Kimball, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The couple have had six children together. [4]

References

  1. Ling, Katherine (May 20, 2009), "Senate confirms 3 nominees for DOE, 1 for Interior", The New York Times , retrieved March 31, 2012
  2. 1 2 "Profile: Larry Echo Hawk" Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine , Department of the Interior Profile
  3. "Elder Larry J. Echo Hawk".
  4. 1 2 3 Wrigley, Heather Whittle (April 14, 2012), "Elder Larry Echo Hawk: 'Lifting people' a lifelong choice", Church News
  5. Larry EchoHawk Athlete Profile | The Official Site of BYU Athletics. (accessed 18 October 2013)
  6. 1 2 "Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk to Conclude Successful Tenure at Interior", Press Release, US Department of the Interior, April 9, 2012.
  7. "Biographical Statement of Larry Echo Hawk Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs U.S. Department of the Interior" (PDF). Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  8. U.S. House hearing bio of Echo Hawk
  9. "Department of Interior bio of Echo Hawk". Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  10. "Dennis Romboy "New Mormon Leader Echo Hawk Fostered New Era in U.S., Tribal Relations", Deseret News , April 10, 2012, archived from the original on April 13, 2012
  11. "Echo Hawk Sets Resignation Date For April 27", Indian Country Today Media Network , April 9, 2012, archived from the original on October 21, 2013, retrieved April 13, 2012
  12. Salt Lake Tribune article on Echo Hawk's appointment
  13. "Idaho attorney general is living example of 'American dream'", Church News , August 3, 1991
  14. Navajo Times article on Echo Hawk
  15. Church News, May 25, 2013.
  16. "LDS First Presidency announces area leadership assignments", Church News , 2 May 2015.
  17. Weaver, Sarah Jane (December 29, 2015). "'A heavenly pattern' participating in family, Church councils". Deseret News . Archived from the original on January 1, 2017.
  18. LDS Church profile on Echo Hawk
  19. "Leadership Changes Announced at October 2018 General Conference: Seven General Authority Seventies released", Newsroom, LDS Church, October 6, 2018
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Idaho
1991–1995
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Idaho
1994
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
2009–2012
Succeeded by