Called by Thomas S. Monson | Name LeGrand Curtis, | |
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Full Name LeGrand Raine Curtis, Jr. Born August 1, 1952 (age 71)
Ogden, Utah, United States ( 1952-08-01 ) | ||
Alma mater University of Michigan Education Brigham Young University | ||
LeGrand Raine Curtis Jr. (born August 1, 1952) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2011. He is a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.
Curtis was born in Ogden, Utah, to LeGrand R. Curtis (who would later serve as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy) and his wife, Patricia Glade. Curtis is a grandson of former Salt Lake City mayor Earl J. Glade. Curtis served as a missionary in the LDS Church's Italy North Mission.
Curtis has a bachelor's degree in economics from Brigham Young University (BYU) and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He was a partner in the law firm of Manning, Curtis, Bradshaw & Bednar. He has also been an adjunct professor in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU.
Over the years, Curtis has served in the LDS Church as a bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency and stake president. He was president of the Italy Padova Mission from 1998 to 2001 and served as an area seventy from 2004 to 2011. After his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 2011, he was assigned to serve as second counselor in the church's Africa West Area and in August 2013 became the area's president.
Curtis and his wife, Susan Jane Cowan (normally called Jane), are the parents of five children.