Lee Tom Perry (born 1951) is a business professor, Latter-day Saint church leader and hymnwriter. He is the son of L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
As a young man, Perry served as a LDS Church missionary in the Japan West Mission. He was associate dean of the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in 2005. From 1991 to 1994 he served as president of the BYU 3rd Stake. From 2005 to 2008 he was president of the California Roseville Mission. He is married to Carolyn Perry and has 6 children: Audrey, Lee Thomas, Justin, Diana, Christina, and Rachel.
Perry wrote the words to "As Now We Take The Sacrament", which is hymn #169 in the 1985 English LDS Church hymnal.
Famous quotes containing the words lee, tom and/or perry:
“It’s men like you that make it difficult for people to understand one another.”
—Richard Fielding. Lee Sholem. Superman (George Reeves)
“Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
Poor Tom will injure nothing.”
—Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 11–12)
“You’ll admit there’s always the possibility of some employee becoming disgruntled over some fancied injustice. Dissatisfaction always leads to temptation. There’s always purchasers for valuable secrets.”
—Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Donald Jordan, Murder by Television, trying to bribe Perry into revealing Professor Houghland’s secret (1935)