Tad R. Callister
| Tad R. Callister | |
|---|---|
| Presidency of the Seventy | |
| August 1, 2011 – April 5, 2014 | |
| End reason | Released as general authority; called as general president of the Sunday School |
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 5, 2008 – April 5, 2014 | |
| End reason | Released as general authority; called as general president of the Sunday School |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Tad Richards Callister December 17, 1945 Glendale, California, United States |
| Alma mater |
New York University School of Law (LL.M.) UCLA School of Law (J.D.) Brigham Young University (B.S.) |
| Spouse(s) | Kathryn Saporiti |
| Children | 6 |
Tad Richards Callister (born December 17, 1945) has been the general president of the Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2014. He is the twenty-first man to serve in this position. He was an LDS Church general authority from 2008 to 2014. He was a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy from August 2011 to April 2014.
Callister was born in Glendale, California to Effie Norine Richards and Reed Eddington Callister. His parents were both natives of Salt Lake City. Reed Callister served a mission in the United Kingdom for the LDS Church. Callister's mother, Norine, was a daughter of LeGrand Richards, who was the Presiding Bishop of the LDS Church when Callister was born and would later serve as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. At the time Callister's parents married in 1932, LeGrand Richards was their stake president in southern California
During the mid-1960s, Callister served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Eastern Atlantic States Mission, based in Washington, D.C. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University (BYU), a juris doctorate degree from UCLA, and a master of laws degree from New York University, specializing in tax law. Callister spent his career as a lawyer in southern California. Callister also served for a time as president of the Verdugo Hills Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
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