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Hartman Rector Jr. (August 20, 1924 – November 6, 2018) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1968 until his death. He was one of the first adult converts to the LDS Church to become a general authority during the second half of the 20th century. Rector served as a member of the First Council of the Seventy from 1968 to 1976 and as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1976 to 1994.
Rector was born in Moberly, Missouri. Rector was raised in a somewhat religious family, who attended church only in the summer. Rector studied at Murray State Teachers College and at the University of Southern California.