Hugh W. Pinnock

Hugh Wallace Pinnock (January 15, 1934 – December 16, 2000) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1977 until his death.

Early life Pinnock was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a young man, he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Western States Mission. Pinnock graduated from University of Utah in 1958, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and Owl and Key. In 1958, Pinnock became student body president at the University of Utah, following future senator Bob Bennett. Ten years later, Pinnock managed the successful senatorial campaign of Bennett's father, Wallace F. Bennett. while he was serving in the presidency of the church's North America Southwest Area.

Pinnock helped arrange a $185,000 loan for document forger Mark Hofmann. When Hoffman was charged with murdering two people Pinnock paid the loan back himself.

Publications Finding Biblical Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon (1999)