LeGrand R. Curtis, Jr.

LeGrand Raine Curtis, Jr. (born August 1952) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 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 was thus a grandson of former Salt Lake City mayor Earl J. Glade. Curtis served as a LDS Church missionary in the Italy North Mission of the church.

Curtis has a bachelors 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 at the J. Reuben Clark Law School of BYU.

Over the years, Curtis has served as a bishop and stake president. He was the president of the Italy Padova Mission from 1998 to 2001. He was an area seventy from 2004 to 2011.

Curtis and his wife, Susan Jane Cowan (normally called Jane), are the parents of five children.

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