L. Whitney Clayton
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Lyndon Whitney Clayton III (born February 24, 1950) has been a general authority
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2001 and has been a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of the church since April 2008.
Clayton was born in Salt Lake City
, Utah
, United States
and attended the University of Utah
. He served as a full-time missionary
of the LDS Church in Peru
. He graduated with a bachelor's degree
in finance and earned a law degree at the University of the Pacific.
Clayton was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 2001, and to the Presidency of the Seventy on April 5, 2008.
Clayton married Kathy Ann Kipp in the Salt Lake Temple
on the 3rd of August in 1973. They are the parents of seven children.
Prior to becoming a general authority, Clayton had been a bishop, a branch president
, a regional representative of the Twelve
, and an Area
Seventy in the LDS Church. At the time of his call as an Area Seventy Elder Clayton was living in Irvine, California
.
Prior to his call as a General Authority Clayton was a partner in the Newport Beach, California
based law firm of Call, Clayton and Jensen.
Currently as part of his assignment as a member of the presidency of the Seventy Clayton serves as president of the North America West and North America Northwest areas of the Church.
General authority
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a general authority is a member of certain leadership organizations who are given administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church...
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2001 and has been a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of the church since April 2008.
Clayton was born in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, United States
United States
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and attended the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
. He served as a full-time missionary
Missionary (LDS Church)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full-time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010...
of the LDS Church in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. He graduated with a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in finance and earned a law degree at the University of the Pacific.
Clayton was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 2001, and to the Presidency of the Seventy on April 5, 2008.
Clayton married Kathy Ann Kipp in the Salt Lake Temple
Salt Lake Temple
The Salt Lake Temple is the largest and best-known of more than 130 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the sixth temple built by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo,...
on the 3rd of August in 1973. They are the parents of seven children.
Prior to becoming a general authority, Clayton had been a bishop, a branch president
Branch President
A branch president is a leader of a "branch" congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The calling of branch president is very similar to the calling of bishop, except that instead of presiding over a ward, the branch president presides over a branch...
, a regional representative of the Twelve
Regional representative of the Twelve
Regional representative of the Twelve, commonly shorted to regional representative or regional rep, was a priesthood calling in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1968 and 1995...
, and an Area
Area (LDS Church)
An area is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions...
Seventy in the LDS Church. At the time of his call as an Area Seventy Elder Clayton was living in Irvine, California
Irvine, California
Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
.
Prior to his call as a General Authority Clayton was a partner in the Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...
based law firm of Call, Clayton and Jensen.
Currently as part of his assignment as a member of the presidency of the Seventy Clayton serves as president of the North America West and North America Northwest areas of the Church.