on the board of trustees of the University of Utah. It was while there he worked to found the Hinckley Institute of Politics, including getting Noble and his foundation to put up a large part of the money for it. In 1977, BYU Press published Hinckley's autobiography entitled I'd Rather Be Born Lucky Than Rich which was co-authored with JoAnn Jacobsen Wells. In 1998 the Hinckley Institute published Bae B. Gardner's biography of Hinckley entitled Robert Henry Hinckley: Getting to Know Him. The Hinckleys had three sons and one daughter. Hinckley's son, Robert H. Hinckley Jr., studied at Stanford University and the United States Military Academy. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in the United States military during World War II. After he returned to Utah he helped run the family Dodge business and succeeded his father as director of the board for the Hinckley Institute. Their son John Seely Hinckley (1923–1990) also worked in the automobile business. He graduated from the University of Utah after having served in the military during World War II. John was the president of the National Automobile Dealers Association in 1973. He also served as a member of the Ogden City Council. Notes Sources Hinckley Institute of Politics page fact sheet on Hinckley Brigham Young High School alumni bio University of Utah Library archives bio 1891 births Aviators from Utah Brigham Young University alumni Members of the Utah House of Representatives Mayors of places in Utah People from Mount Pleasant, Utah People from Provo, Utah 20th-century American businesspeople Hinckley family University of Utah Works Progress Administration 1988 deaths American Mormon missionaries in Germany 20th-century Mormon missionaries Politicians from Ogden, Utah Latter Day Saints from Michigan Latter Day Saints from Utah Brigham Young High School alumni