Elder and Sister Clayton

Elder Weatherford T. Clayton

General Authority Seventy

Biography:

Elder Weatherford T. Clayton was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2016. At the time of his call, he was serving as president of the Canada Toronto Mission. He is currently serving at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, as an Assistant Executive Director in the Missionary Department. He is also serving as the chairman of Missionary Health Services.

Elder Clayton received a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1977 and a medical degree in 1981, both from the University of Utah. He worked as a resident physician at UC Irvine until 1985 and had his own medical practice until 2013, after which he worked as a laborist until he retired in 2014.

William Weatherford Touchstone Clayton was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 1, 1952. He married Lisa Madeline Thomas in 1976. They are the parents of five children.

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