A. Theodore Tuttle


Albert Theodore Tuttle was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints 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 bachelors degree from Brigham Young University and a masters degree from Stanford University. He later did graduate studies at the University of Utah. During World War II, Tuttle served twoandahalf 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 churchs seminary and institute program.

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