Editing David O. McKay

{{Short description|American religious leader (1873–1970)}}
{{Infobox Latter Day Saint biography
| name                = David O. McKay
| image               = David O. McKay.jpg
| birth_name          = David Oman McKay
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1873|9|8}}
| birth_place         = [[Huntsville, Utah|Huntsville]], [[Utah Territory]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1970|1|18|1873|9|8}}
| death_place         = [[Salt Lake City]], Utah, U.S.
| resting_place       = [[Salt Lake City Cemetery]]
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40|46|37.92|N|111|51|28.8|W|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Salt Lake City Cemetery}}
| alma_mater          = [[University of Utah]]
| spouse              =  {{marriage|[[Emma Ray Riggs]]|1901}}
| children            = 7
| parents             = David McKay<br>Jennette E. Evans
| signature           = David O. McKay signature.jpg
| signature_size      = 175px
| signature_alt       = Signature of David O. McKay
| portals             = LDS
| position_or_quorum1 = 9th [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|President]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
| start_date1         = {{start date|1951|04|09}}
| end_date1           = {{end date|1970|1|18}}
| predecessor1        = [[George Albert Smith]]
| successor1          = [[Joseph Fielding Smith]]
| position_or_quorum2 = [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]<br/><small>(with [[Joseph Fielding Smith]] as [[Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|Acting President]])</small>
| predecessor2        = [[George F. Richards]]
| successor2          = Joseph Fielding Smith
| start_date2         = {{start date|1950|08|08}}
| end_date2           = {{end date|1951|04|09}}
| end_reason2         = Became President of the Church
| position_or_quorum3 = Second Counselor in the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]]
| called_by3          = George Albert Smith
| successor3          = [[J. Reuben Clark]]
| start_date3         = {{start date|1945|05|21}}
| end_date3           = {{end date|1951|04|04}}
| end_reason3         = Dissolution of First Presidency on the death of George Albert Smith
| position_or_quorum4 = Second Counselor in the First Presidency
| called_by4          = [[Heber J. Grant]]
| predecessor4        = J. Reuben Clark
| start_date4         = {{start date|1934|10|11}}
| end_date4           = {{end date|1945|05|14}}
| end_reason4         = Dissolution of First Presidency on the death of Heber J. Grant
| position_or_quorum5 = [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
| called_by5          = Joseph F. Smith
| start_date5         = {{start date|1906|04|09}}
| end_date5           = {{end date|1934|10|11}}
| end_reason5         = Called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency
| position_or_quorum6 = [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|Apostle]]
| called_by6          = Joseph F. Smith
| start_date6         = {{start date|1906|04|09}}
| ordination_reason6  = Resignation of [[Matthias F. Cowley]] and [[John W. Taylor (Mormon)|John W. Taylor]] from the Quorum of the Twelve; death of [[Marriner W. Merrill]]<ref>George F. Richards and Orson F. Whitney were called at the same time as McKay to fill the three vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve.</ref>
| end_date6           = {{end date|1970|1|18}}
| reorganization6     = [[Boyd K. Packer]] ordained
}}
'''David Oman McKay''' (September 8, 1873 &ndash; January 18, 1970)<ref name="lds.org/manual">{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/content/manual/teachings-david-o-mckay/the-life-and-ministry-of-david-o-mckay?|title=The Life and Ministry of David O. McKay|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> was an American religious leader and educator who served as the [[List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|ninth]] [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|president]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an [[Apostle (Mormonism)|apostle]] and member of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] in 1906,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-presidents|title=Church Presidents|date=3 June 2013|work=www.mormonnewsroom.org|access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref> McKay was an active [[general authority]] for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history.<ref name="McKay, David O">{{Cite web|url=https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/EoM/id/3911/rec/1|title=McKay, David O.|website=contentdm.lib.byu.edu|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref> ([[Eldred G. Smith]] was a general authority for 66 years, but only served actively for 32 years, prior to being designated as [[emeritus]].)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=56111780&itype=CMSID|title=Longest-serving Mormon general authority dies at 106|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
The third child of [[David McKay (politician)|David McKay]] and Jennette Eveline Evans McKay, McKay was born on his father’s farm in [[Huntsville, Utah|Huntsville]], [[Utah Territory]], about {{convert|10|mi}} east of [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]. McKay's mother was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] immigrant from [[Merthyr Tydfil]], and his father was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] immigrant from [[Caithness]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiQuAAAAYAAJ&q=david+mckay+senator+caithness&pg=PA760|title=Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|last=Jenson|first=Andrew|date=1920|publisher=A. Jenson History Company}}</ref> In 1880, after the death of McKay’s two older sisters, Margaret and Ellena, his father was called as a [[Missionary (LDS Church)|missionary]] to his native Scotland, where he proselytized for two years. In his father's absence, seven-year-old David had additional family responsibilities and helped his mother.<ref name="lds.org/manual"/>

McKay's grandmother bequeathed $5,000 to McKay's mother upon her death and directed that "every cent ... be used for the education of the children."{{sfnp|Prince|Wright|2005|p=6}} This money allowed McKay, his brother Thomas, and his younger sisters, Jeanette and Annie, to attend the [[University of Utah]]. McKay graduated in 1897 as [[valedictorian]] and class president.{{sfnp|Prince|Wright|2005|p=6}}<ref name="McKay, David O"/>

Immediately afterward, he was called on a mission to [[Great Britain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/content/manual/teachings-david-o-mckay/the-life-and-ministry-of-david-o-mckay?lang=eng|title=The Life and Ministry of David O. McKay|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3UBXLIkLEQwC&q=David+O.+McKay+and+the+Rise+of+Modern+Mormonism|title=David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism|last1=Prince|first1=Gregory A.|last2=Wright|first2=William Robert|last3=Wright|first3=Wm Robert|date=2005|publisher=University of Utah Press|isbn=9780874808223}}</ref> Like his father, he presided over the Scottish [[District (LDS Church)|district]] of the church.<ref name="McKay, David O"/> Early in his mission, he was impressed by a motto that he saw inscribed on a building in [[Stirling]], "What E'er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://community.caithness.org/article.php?id=4492|title=Church to display historical stone|date=20 April 2014|website=Caithness.org|access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> This message became a source of inspiration throughout his life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/ces-devotionals/2012/01/what-e-er-thou-art-act-well-thy-part-avoid-wearing-masks-that-hide-identity?lang=eng|title=What E'er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part: Avoid Wearing Masks That Hide Identity|date=4 March 2012|access-date=30 January 2015|website=ChurchofJesusChrist.org|last=Cook|first=Quentin L|author-link=Quentin L Cook}}</ref>

==Career in education==
[[File:DavidOmanMcKay.jpg|thumb|McKay as principal of Weber Stake Academy (now [[Weber State University]]), {{circa}} 1905]]
Upon his return from Scotland in late 1899, McKay taught at the [[Secondary school|high school]] level at LDS Weber [[Stake (Mormonism)|Stake]] Academy (predecessor of [[Weber State University]]). He married [[Emma Ray Riggs]] in the [[Salt Lake Temple]] on January 2, 1901. They eventually had seven children, one dying as a young child.{{sfnp|Prince|Wright|2005|p=8}}[[File:Emma Ray McKay.jpg|100px|thumbnail|left|{{center|Emma Ray McKay (wife)}}]]For his first three years at Weber, McKay taught mainly religion and literature classes. On April 17, 1902, McKay was appointed [[Head teacher|principal]] of Weber, succeeding the founding principal, [[Louis F. Moench]], who had resigned after nine years in the position. One of his first actions as principal was to organize a school paper.<ref>{{harvnb|Morrill|1966|p=50}}</ref> He oversaw the inauguration of sports programs at Weber, with men's and women's basketball teams organized during McKay's tenure.<ref>{{harvnb|Morrill|1966|p=52}}</ref> In 1905, they won their baseball game against the [[University of Utah]].

In 1905, church apostles [[John Whittaker Taylor|John W. Taylor]] and [[Matthias F. Cowley]] resigned from the Quorum of the Twelve due to disagreement over the [[Second Manifesto|manifesto]] forbidding [[polygamy]], and apostle [[Marriner W. Merrill]] died in early 1906. With three vacancies, [[George F. Richards]], [[Orson F. Whitney]], and McKay were [[Calling (LDS Church)|called]] as apostles during the LDS Church's April 1906 [[General Conference (LDS Church)|general conference]]. McKay was then 32 years of age.

Prior to this appointment to full-time church service, McKay had planned on a career in education and educational administration. He stayed active in education even after his appointment, continuing as principal of the Weber Stake Academy until 1908 (replaced by [[Wilford M. McKendrick]]).<ref>[[Andrew Jenson]]. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1941) p. 931</ref> McKay stayed at Weber Stake Academy to see the completion of new building projects that he had begun.<ref>{{harvnb|Morrill|1966|pp=54–55}}</ref> He also served on the Weber school's board of trustees until 1922, and on the University of Utah's board of regents from 1921 to 1922.

McKay enjoyed a long, personal friendship with [[John F. Fitzpatrick]], who published the ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]'' from 1924 until 1960. They met weekly for breakfast to discuss the betterment of Utah. Fitzpatrick organized the [[Newspaper Agency Corporation]], a joint operating agreement between the ''Salt Lake Tribune'' (represented as the Kearns Corporation) and the church-owned ''[[Deseret News]]'', and consulted extensively with McKay to form this mutually beneficial business in 1952.<ref>Malmquist, O.N.:''The First 100 Years,'' pp. 374–380.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/10/books?lang=eng|author=Leonard J. Arrington|title=The First 100 Years, A History of the SL Tribune 1871-1971|date=October 1971|via=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/Books|access-date=1 September 2021|quote="The era of good feeling has continued to the present, and the Tribune and Deseret News now share the same printing, circulation, and advertising facilities of the Newspaper Agency Corporation, which is jointly owned by the two newspapers."}}</ref>

==Member of the Quorum of the Twelve==
[[File:David O. McKay 1939.JPG|left|150px|thumb|{{center|McKay while second counselor in the First Presidency ({{circa|1939}})}}]]
In October 1906, McKay became an assistant to the superintendent of the [[Deseret Sunday School Union]]. At the time, [[Joseph F. Smith]] was both the church president and the superintendent of the Sunday School, so many of the actual duties of the Sunday School were performed by McKay. After Smith's death in November 1918, McKay became the Sunday School superintendent.

In 1920, the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] assigned McKay to make a worldwide tour of the LDS Church's [[Mission (LDS Church)|missions]] with Hugh J. Cannon, who recorded the journey of some 61,646 miles.<ref>{{cite book|title=To the Peripheries of Mormondom: The Apostolic Around-the-World Journey of David O. McKay, 1920–1921|last=Cannon|first=Hugh J.|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|year=2011|isbn=978-1-60781-010-0|editor-last=Neilson|editor-first=Reid L|editor-link=Reid Larkin Neilson|location=Salt Lake City|oclc=495780038}}</ref> They opened a new mission to [[China]], traveled to [[Hawaii]] (where McKay had a vision, promising to build a [[Brigham Young University–Hawaii|school]] near the [[Laie Hawaii Temple|temple]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://speeches.byuh.edu/foundational-speech/groundbreaking-dedication-of-cch-byuh-hawaii|title=Groundbreaking & Dedication/CCH & BYU-Hawaii|author=David O. McKay|date=12 February 1955|access-date=1 September 2021|quote="[T]his is the beginning of the realization of a vision I saw 34 years ago when one morning President Hugh J. Cannon, President E. Wesley Smith, others, and I witnessed a flag raising ceremony by students of the Church school here in Hawaii in Laie"|via=BYU-Hawaii/Speeches}}</ref> and visited [[Samoa]], [[Tonga]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]]. In Palestine they met [[Wilford Booth]] and visited Armenian Latter-day Saints. McKay returned to Utah on Christmas Eve 1921.

From 1923 until 1925, McKay served as [[Mission president|president]] of the church's European [[Mission (LDS Church)|Mission]], headquartered in [[London]], with the responsibility of all LDS Church functions in the [[British Isles]] and supervision of mission presidents. In this position, McKay first used the slogan "every member a missionary" for outreach promotion. The philosophy has since been taught as a general theme throughout the church.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2009/04/news-of-the-church/every-member-a-missionary-for-50-years?lang=eng|title=Every Member A Missionary For 50 Years|author=Marianne Holman|date=April 2009|access-date=1 September 2021|quote="With the Church growing from 1.5 million member missionaries to more than 13 million, Church leaders have continued to echo the call. 'For years we have remembered the words of President David O. McKay: "Every member a missionary,"' said President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, during the April 2008 general conference."|via=Church Magazines}}</ref>

In 1934, McKay became second counselor to [[Heber J. Grant]] in the First Presidency. He served in that capacity until Grant's death in May 1945, and when Grant was succeeded by [[George Albert Smith]], McKay was called to continue as second counselor.<ref>Richard O. Cowan. ''The Church In The Twentieth Century''. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1985) pp. 235–237.</ref>

==Influence on education==
Within the leadership of the LDS Church, McKay focused on education. As General Superintendent of the church's [[Sunday School (LDS Church)|Sunday School]] organization from 1918 to 1934, McKay built [[Church Educational System (CES)#Seminaries|seminaries]] near public high schools throughout [[Utah]], allowing students to take Latter-day Saint religious courses along with their secular high school education. McKay also transferred three LDS colleges to the state of Utah in the 1920s: [[Snow College]], [[Weber State University]] (WSU) and [[Utah Tech University|Dixie College]]. Utah underfunded the institutions and in 1953 the governor, [[J. Bracken Lee]], offered to give them back to the LDS Church. McKay, then president of the church, said he would accept them and the proposal was placed on the 1954 election ballot. Since it failed to pass, the three institutions remained property of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Utah_1954_ballot_measures|title=On the ballot: Referendum A and Referendum B|access-date=1 September 2021|quote=Result: Not Passed}}</ref>

McKay guided the remaining church school in Utah, [[Brigham Young University]] (BYU) into a full four-year university. McKay was the fourth [[Commissioner of Church Education]] in 1920 and 1921.{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}

In honor of his service, the BYU School of Education was named the [[McKay School of Education]]. WSU's school of education also carries his name.

== President of the LDS Church ==
Heber J. Grant chose McKay to serve as second counselor in the First Presidency in 1934. He served in the presidency under Grant, and then under George Albert Smith, until 1951. In 1950, he also became [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] when his predecessor, George F. Richards died, making McKay the second most senior apostle after the church's president. He was set apart as president of the church on April 9, 1951, upon Smith's death.<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-david-o-mckay/the-life-and-ministry-of-david-o-mckay?lang=eng The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/Manual: Teachings of David O. McKay]</ref> He was 77 years old upon assuming the presidency, and served for 19 years until his death. During this time, the number of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics|members]] and [[Stake (Mormonism)|stakes]] in the LDS Church nearly tripled, from 1.1 million to 2.8 million, and 184 to 500 respectively.

McKay was an outspoken critic of [[communism]], opposing its perceived [[Atheism|atheist]] underpinnings and [[Agency (LDS Church)|denial of freedom of choice]]. Similarly, communist nations generally forbid proselytizing by the LDS Church and most other religions.

In 1951, McKay began plans for what eventually became [[BYU-Hawaii]]. In 1954 he made another trip around the world, visiting Brazil, South Africa, Fiji, Tonga, and other countries.

Under McKay's administration, the LDS Church's stance on [[Black people and Mormonism|Africans holding the priesthood]] was softened. Beginning in the mid-1950s, members of suspected [[Ethnic groups of Africa|African]] descent no longer needed to prove their lineage was ''not'' African, allowing dark-skinned members to receive the [[Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|priesthood]] unless it was proved that they ''were'' of African descent. This policy improved proselytizing in racially mixed areas, such as [[South America]] and [[South Africa]]. Blacks of verifiable African descent (including most in the United States) were not permitted to hold the priesthood until [[1978 Revelation on Priesthood|eight years after McKay's death]].

Beginning in 1961, the LDS Church spearheaded the [[Priesthood Correlation Program]]. By the 1970s, all church organizations were placed under direct [[Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|priesthood leadership]]. These organizations became known as [[Organization (LDS Church)|auxiliary organizations]].

Film director [[Cecil B. DeMille]] consulted with McKay during the production of his 1956 epic film ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]],'' forming a friendship lasting until DeMille's death. McKay invited DeMille to BYU, where he delivered a commencement address in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/cecil-b-demille/ten-commandments-and-you/|title=The Ten Commandments and You|date=31 May 1957|access-date=1 September 2021|author1=David O. McKay|author2=Cecil B. DeMille|via=BYU Speeches}}</ref>

McKay regularly traveled until he was in his 90s. His deteriorating health in the mid-1960s ultimately led to the appointment of three additional counselors in the First Presidency, as existing members were increasingly infirm and often unable to preside at meetings. By 1968, the First Presidency was composed of six members, larger than it had been at the death of [[Brigham Young]] in 1877. McKay's counselors in the First Presidency were [[Stephen L Richards]] (First Counselor, 1951–59); [[J. Reuben Clark, Jr.]] (Second Counselor (1951–59, First Counselor 1959–61); [[Henry D. Moyle]] (Second Counselor 1959–61, First Counselor 1961–63); [[Hugh B. Brown]] (Third Counselor 1961, Second Counselor 1961–63, First Counselor 1963–70); [[N. Eldon Tanner]] (Second Counselor, 1963–70); [[Thorpe B. Isaacson]] (Counselor, 1965–70); [[Joseph Fielding Smith]] (Counselor, 1965–70); [[Alvin R. Dyer]] (Counselor, 1968–70).

==Death==
McKay died on January 18, 1970, at age 96, surrounded by most of his family. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/19/archives/david-o-mckay-mormon-leader-is-dead-at-96-david-mckay-mormon.html | title=David O. McKay, Mormon Leader, is Dead at 96 | work=The New York Times | date=19 January 1970 }}</ref> The cause of death was acute congestion. Funeral services were held in the [[Salt Lake Tabernacle]].

<gallery class="center">
Image:David O. McKay funeral.jpg|{{center|Funeral services at the [[Salt Lake Tabernacle]]}}
Image:David O. McKay funeral2.jpg|{{center|Graveside services at the Salt Lake City Cemetery}}
Image:DavidOMcKayMonument.jpg|{{center|Grave marker of David O. McKay}}
Image:DavidOMcKayMonumentLow.jpg|{{center|Lower portion of the monument}}
Image:DavidOMcKayHeadstone.jpg|{{center|Headstone of McKay}}
Image:DavidEmmaMcKayheadstones.jpg|{{center|Headstones of McKay and his wife, [[Emma McKay]]}}
</gallery>

==Family ties==
His younger brother, [[Thomas Evans McKay]], was a prominent missionary and mission leader for the LDS Church in Switzerland and Germany; he also served as an [[Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] from 1941 to 1958.

McKay's niece, [[Fawn M. Brodie|Fawn McKay Brodie]], was the author of the controversial book ''[[No Man Knows My History]]'', a highly critical biography of [[Joseph Smith]], the publication of which led to her eventual excommunication from the LDS Church.

McKay's oldest son, [[David Lawrence McKay]], was the eighth general superintendent of the LDS Church's Sunday School organization. When his father was ill, David often read his father's sermons during general conference.

One of McKay's granddaughters is Joyce McKay Bennett,<ref>{{harvnb|Prince|Wright|2005|p=xvi}}</ref> wife of former [[United States Senator]] [[Bob Bennett (politician)|Bob Bennett]]. Another grandchild, [[Alan Ashton (executive)|Alan Ashton]], was the co-founder and co-owner of computer program ''[[WordPerfect]]''.<ref>Jesse McKinley and Kirk Johnson, [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/us/politics/15marriage.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin "Mormons Tipped Scale in Ban on Gay Marriage"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 14 November 2008.</ref>

The Events Center at [[Utah Valley University]] in [[Orem, Utah|Orem]], the [[David O. McKay Events Center]], carried McKay's name between 1996 and 2010, after an anonymous donation was given in his honor. In 2010, the name was changed (to "Utah Community Credit Center") due to a fund-raising need at the university, and McKay's name was affixed to the university's Education Center instead.<ref>[http://www.ksl.com/?sid=9395313&nid=148 KSL.com, UVU selling naming rights to David O McKay Events Center]</ref> 

==Teachings==
McKay was concerned with missionary work, and coined the phrase "Every member a missionary"<ref>''Conference Report'', April 1959, p. 122.</ref> in order to encourage church members to become more engaged in that work, and not just leave it to the full-time missionaries.<ref>{{citation|contribution=Lesson 41: Every Member a Missionary|contribution-url= http://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-and-church-history-gospel-doctrine-teachers-manual/lesson-41-every-member-a-missionary|title=Doctrine and Covenants and Church History: Gospel Doctrine Teacher's Manual|year=1999|pages=237–42}}</ref>

McKay's statement that "[n]o other success can compensate for failure in the home"<ref>Quoted from J. E. McCullough, ''Home: The Savior of Civilization'' [1924], 42; ''Conference Report'', April 1935, p. 116.</ref> is taught to LDS Church members as an important principle.<ref>{{citation|contribution=President David O. McKay: No Other Success Can Compensate for Failure in the Home|contribution-url=http://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-and-church-history-student-study-guide/the-worldwide-church/president-david-o-mckay-no-other-success-can-compensate-for-failure-in-the-home|title=Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Student Study Guide|year=2005|page=199|publisher=LDS Church}}</ref>

McKay's [[Teachings of Presidents of the Church|teachings as an apostle]] were the 2005 course of study in the LDS Church's Sunday [[Relief Society]] and [[Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|Melchizedek priesthood]] classes.

==Works==
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* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Gospel Ideals: Selections from the Discourses of David O. McKay|year=1953|publisher=[[Improvement Era]]|others=selected by [[G. Homer Durham]]}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Cherished Experiences from the Writings of President David O. McKay|url=https://archive.org/details/cherishedexperie00mcka|url-access=registration|year=1955|publisher=Deseret Book|others=compiled by Clare Middlemiss|isbn=9780877470304 }}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Pathways to Happiness|year=1957|publisher=Bookcraft|others=compiled by Llewelyn R. McKay}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Home Memories of President David O. McKay|year=1959|publisher=Deseret Book|others=compiled by Llewelyn R. McKay}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Secrets of a Happy Life|year=1960|publisher=Prentice Hall|others=compiled by Llewelyn R. McKay}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Treasures of Life|url=https://archive.org/details/treasuresoflife00mcka|url-access=registration|year=1962|publisher=Deseret Book|others=compiled by Clare M. Middlemiss}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Ancient Apostles|year=1964|publisher=[[Deseret Book]]}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=True to the Faith: From the Sermons and Discourses of David O. McKay|url=https://archive.org/details/truetofaithfroms00mcka|url-access=registration|year=1966|publisher=Bookcraft|others=compiled by Llewelyn R. McKay}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Man May Know for Himself: Teachings of President David O. McKay|year=1967|publisher=Deseret Book|others=compiled by Clare Middlemiss}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Stepping Stones to an Abundant Life|url=https://archive.org/details/steppingstonesto00mcka|url-access=registration|year=1971|publisher=Deseret Book|others=compiled by Llewelyn R. McKay|isbn=9780877474425 }}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title="My Young Friends...": President McKay Speaks to Youth|url=https://archive.org/details/myyoungfriendspr00mcka|url-access=registration|year=1973|publisher=[[Bookcraft]]}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=What E'er Thou Art Act Well Thy Part: The Mission Diaries of David O. McKay|year=1999|publisher=Blue Ribbon Books|editor=Stan Larson and Patricia Larson|editor-link=Stan Larson}}
* {{cite book|author=McKay, David O.|title=Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay|year=2004|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|title-link=Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay}} LDS Church [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/item/manual/teachings-david-o-mckay publication number 36492].
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==References==
* {{cite book|editor-link=Daniel H. Ludlow|editor-last=Ludlow|editor-first=Daniel H.|title=Church History: Selections from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism|publisher=Deseret Book|place=Salt Lake City|year=1992|isbn=0-87579-924-8|oclc=31816181}}.
* {{cite book|first=David Lawrence|last=McKay|author-link=David Lawrence McKay|title=My Father, David O. McKay|location=Salt Lake City|publisher=Deseret Book|year=1989|isbn=0875792782 }}
* {{cite book|last=Morrill|first=Jeanette McKay|title=Highlights from the Life of President David O. McKay|place=Salt Lake City|publisher=Deseret Book|year=1966|oclc=1927672}}.
* {{cite book|author1-link=Gregory Prince|last1=Prince|first1=Gregory|author2-link=William Robert Wright|last2=Wright|first2=William Robert|title=David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism|place=Salt Lake City|publisher=University of Utah Press|year=2005|isbn=0-87480-822-7|oclc=57311904|title-link=David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism}}.

==Further reading==
* {{Citation|last=Allen|first=James B.|author-link=James B. Allen (historian)|contribution=McKay, David O.|contribution-url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/3911|pages=870–75|editor1-last=Ludlow|editor1-first=DanielH|editor1-link=Daniel H. Ludlow|title=Encyclopedia of Mormonism|location=New York|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]]|year=1992|isbn=0-02-879602-0|oclc=24502140|title-link=Encyclopedia of Mormonism}}
* {{Citation | last = Allen | first = James B. | title = Utah History Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Utah Press | year = 1994 | chapter = McKay, David O. | chapter-url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MCKAY_DAVID.shtml | url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240322100642/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MCKAY_DAVID.shtml | archive-date = March 22, 2024 | isbn =9780874804256 | access-date = September 15, 2024}}
* {{citation|contribution=McKay, William|contribution-url=https://archive.org/stream/pioneersprominen00esshrich#page/1059/mode/1up|pages=1059–60|last=Esshom|first=Frank Ellwood|year=1913|title=Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah|url=https://archive.org/details/pioneersprominen00esshrich|location=Salt Lake City|publisher=Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Co.|oclc=2286984}}

==External links==
{{Spoken Wikipedia|en-davidomckay.ogg|date=28 January 2007}}
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*[http://education.byu.edu David O. McKay School of Education] at Brigham Young University
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040531223022/http://www.ilovefreedom.com/quotations/David_O_McKay.htm David O. McKay Champion of Freedom] - patriotic quotes of David O. McKay.
*David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism [https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/138-65-67.pdf]- Review of major David O. McKay biography
* [http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv89685/ David Oman McKay papers, 1897-1983, held by the University of Utah Special Collections] 
* [https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?facet_setname_s=uum_domp David Oman McKay papers, 1897-1983 Digital Collection] 
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