Lorenzo Hoopes

Lorenzo Hoopes (November 5, 1913 – September 21, 2012)^[1] was an American business executive, government bureaucrat, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints official.

Hoopes spent much of his career as an executive for

Safeway. When he retired in 1979 he was the senior vice president at the business. He took a leave of absence from Safeway in 1953, during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, to serve as executive assistant to United States Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson

. Hoopes returned to Safeway in 1955.

Biography

Early life and education

Hoopes grew up in

MBA from Pepperdine University and did advanced management training at the Harvard Business School

.

Career

As of January 2010, Hoopes was head of the

Proposition 8

campaign, which caused some to seek to oust Hoopes from his unpaid volunteer position with the Paramount Theatre. He sat on the board of the theatre for nearly 30 years.

Hoopes served for 17 years as a member of the Oakland School board.

Hoopes served as chairman and member of the Board of the Foundation for American Agriculture; vice chairman and member of the Board of the Farm Foundation; president and member of California's Coordinating Council for Higher Education; chairman, director, and secretary of the National Dairy Council; and chairman and member of the National Advisory Council.^[2]