Carl B. Pratt
| Carl B. Pratt | |
|---|---|
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 5, 1997 – October 1, 2011 | |
| End reason | Granted general authority emeritus status |
| Emeritus General Authority | |
| October 1, 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Carl Barton Pratt October 30, 1941 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Carl Barton Pratt (born October 30, 1941) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1997.
Pratt was born in Monterrey, Mexico to Mormon parents. His family later moved to Colonia Dublán. In 1947, the family moved to Lehi, Arizona. From 1961 to 1963 Pratt served a church mission in Argentina. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and a law degree from Arizona State University.
In 1968, Pratt baptized Karen Ann Yeoman, who he had known for several years. She was a graduate of Arizona State who had taken institute classes there with Rhett James. In 1969, Pratt married Yeoman in the Mesa Arizona Temple and they are the parents of eight children.
In 1971 and 1972 Pratt was a law clerk for David Thomas Lewis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Pratt worked for the Salt Lake City law firm of Kirton and McConkie. In this position, he worked as an attorney for the LDS Church. He was employed as general counsel for the church in the South America North Area of the church at the time of his call as a general authority.
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