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David R. Scott

David Randall Scott received his BA and MS degrees from Brigham Young University in sociology, psychology, counseling, and guidance, along with completing numerous graduate level-courses in scripture studies. Earlier, he served four years as a neuropsychiatric specialist with the United States Air Force, followed by an LDS mission in the Eastern States. In 1960, he began his thirty-one-year career with the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a high school seminary instructor. Presently, he and his wife, Rayna, are in their sixth year of service as transition counselors at the Utah State Prison’s Lone Peak facility for men. They also served a Salt Lake inner-city mission. They are the parents of four children and have twelve grandchildren.