Lightroom Changes RAW White Balance Upon Import?

Hi All,
I'm new to Lightroom so bear with me. My problem lies in the import process: each time I import, a yellow tint (tungsten WB) is added to each photo, as if the white balance is being changed. I know that thumbnails are created in camera, but the photos look fine when Lightroom is "loading" them on the library screen, it is only when the "loading" message goes away that they look too yellow. I don't want to apply an import preset because I fear that each photo's problem is unique. When I use quicklook in finder, the images look fine. When I export as a jpeg from LR, the problem persists. Here's what I'm using:
Camera: Canon T2i (Color Space: sRGB)
Lightroom: Version 4.0
Computer: Macbook Pro, Snow Leopard
I've read that this could be caused by a corrupt color profile, but I'm not sure how to change this on a Mac and if it's appropriate to apply sRGB as a monitor profile.
Any help is appreciated!!

The initial preview is the camera generated JPEG (should match the LCD). Then LR builds it’s own high quality previews based on it’s engine. Hence the difference. Ignore the original OR if you really like it, try making a preset for importing the images that honor that rendering. Bottom line, the initial previews are not any reality to what LR is going to initially produce based on all those sliders.

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