Quinn Gunn McKay (born October 30, 1926) is an American academic, writer, and a leader in

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(LDS Church). McKay was raised in

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. Quinn McKay's father, James Gunn McKay, was a cousin to LDS Church president

David O. McKay David Oman McKay (September 8, 1873 – January 18, 1970) was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordain ...

. McKay's brothers are

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and Barrie G. McKay. McKay served in the

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during the last year of

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. From 1948 to 1950 he was a

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. After returning from England, McKay attended

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and

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(BYU). At BYU, he was the student body president; he graduated from BYU in 1954 with a degree in accounting. McKay then attended

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, where he received an MBA in 1956. After graduating from Harvard, McKay participated in a Ford Foundation program by becoming a visiting professor at Rangoon University. He received a DBA from Harvard in 1958 and took a job teaching business at BYU. McKay spent two years in

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establishing a campus for the

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, after which he became the dean of the business school at Weber State College. Later, he moved to

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, and after his retirement, he was an adjunct professor at the

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. In 2001, McKay became the president of the BYU Emeritus Association. Later in his career, McKay worked as a vice president of Skaggs Companies. In the LDS Church, McKay was the second counselor to

Neil D. Schaerrer Neil Dean Schaerrer (April 12, 1930 – January 18, 1985) was the fourteenth general president of the Young Men organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1977 to 1979. Born in Payson, Utah, Schaerrer serve ...

in the general presidency of the

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from 1977 to 1979. From 1980 to 1983, McKay was the

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of the England Coventry Mission of the church. He has also been a

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in the church. McKay is the author of ''Money Matters In Your Marriage'' (1971); ''The Bottom Line on Integrity'' (1994); and ''Is Lying Sometimes the Right Thing for an Honest Person to Do?: How Self-Interest and the Competitive Business World Distort Our Moral Values and What We Should Do About It'' (1997).

References

*John A. Forster
"World of experience taught him love"
'' Church News'', 1977-06-18. *Charlene R. Winters
"From Ethics to Emeriti"
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