A. Theodore Tuttle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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General authority of the Church of Latter Day Saints
Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1919
Place of Birth: Manti, Utah, United States
Date of Death: 28-Nov-1986
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About A. Theodore Tuttle
- Albert Theodore Tuttle (March 2, 1919 – November 28, 1986) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1958 until his death. Tuttle was born in Manti, Utah.
- As a young man, he was a Mormon missionary in the Northern States Mission of the LDS Church.
- He began his college education at Snow College and after his mission received a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and a master's degree from Stanford University.
- He later did graduate studies at the University of Utah.
- During World War II, Tuttle served two-and-a-half years as a Marine Corps line officer in the Pacific theater.
- He played an active part in the famous Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima.
- Prior to his call as a general authority, Tuttle worked as a teacher and administrator in the Church Educational System.
- He was a seminary teacher and principal at several locations in Utah.
- He was later the director of the Institute of Religion in Reno, Nevada, and from 1953 until his call as a general authority was the head of the church's seminary and institute program. Tuttle and his wife, Marne Whitaker, were the parents of seven children. Tuttle became a member of the seven-man First Council of the Seventy in 1958.
- In 1976, he joined the newly reconstituted First Quorum of the Seventy and became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy.
- He remained in the presidency of the Seventy until 1980.
- From 1980 to 1982, Tuttle was president of the church's Provo Temple.
- In 1986, he became the second counselor to Robert L.
- Simpson in the church's Sunday School general presidency, but only held this position for a few months before his death the same year. Tuttle died of cancer in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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