David Lawrence McKay was the eighth general superintendent of the Sunday School

Sunday School (LDS Church)

Sunday School is an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . All members of the church and any interested nonmembers, age 12 and older, are encouraged to participate in Sunday School.-Purpose:...

 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1966 to 1971. McKay was a member of the general superintendency of that organization from 1949 to 1971.

McKay was born in Ogden

Ogden, Utah

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, Utah

Utah

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, the oldest son of future LDS Church Apostle and President of the Church David O. McKay

David O. McKay

David Oman McKay was the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , serving from 1951 until his death. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was a general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church...

. David Lawrence McKay became the second assistant to George R. Hill

George R. Hill

George Richard Hill, Jr. was an American educational administrator and was the seventh general superintendent of the Sunday School organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1949 to 1966...

, the general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union in 1949. In 1952, he became Hill's first assistant, a position McKay held until 1966 when he succeeded Hill and became the eighth general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union. McKay was released in 1971 and was succeeded by Russell M. Nelson

Russell M. Nelson

Russell Marion Nelson is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an internationally renowned cardiothoracic surgeon.-Medical career:...

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In the late 1960s, when his father was president of the LDS Church and ill, David Lawrence McKay often read his father's sermons in general conference. He also served as a mission president

Mission president

Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president presides over a mission and the missionaries serving in the mission...

 in the church in the eastern United States

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, specifically of the Eastern States Mission, based in New York City

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. While in this capacity he represented the church at a hearing on a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade

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, expressing the Church's support for the amendment.

McKay died in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 92. He was married to Mildred Dean Calderwood.