LeGrand R. Curtis

Who was LeGrand R. Curtis?

LeGrand Raine Curtis, Sr. was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1990 to 1995. He was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy; he also served as a counselor in the Young Men general presidency from 1990 to 1991 and from 1972 to 1974.

Curtis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was named after LeGrand Richards who was the bishop of the Sugar House Ward where his parents lived. His father was a counselor in the bishopric to LeGrand Richards.

LeGrand Curtis learned to play the organ at age 12 and was ward organist from age 14 until he moved away to go to dental school. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Utah. He then joined the United States Army during World War II through which he began his studies in dentistry. On June 1, 1944 Curtis married Patricia Glade, who he had known since junior high school, in the Salt Lake Temple. Patricia was the daughter of Salt Lake radio pioneer and politician Earl J. Glade and his wife Sarah Elizabeth R. Glade.

After his marriage, Curtis lived in Kansas City, Missouri, Corpus Christi, Texas and Norfolk, Virginia.