Background
Thatcher, Roy Davis was born on September 17, 1879 in Logan, Utah, United States. Son of John Bethuel and Sarah Maris (Davis) Thatcher.
Board of Trustees State Training School
Thatcher, Roy Davis was born on September 17, 1879 in Logan, Utah, United States. Son of John Bethuel and Sarah Maris (Davis) Thatcher.
Student Agricultural College of Utah, Logan, Utah, 1894-1897. Bachelor of Laws, University of Chicago, 1909. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University of Utah, 1947.
Admitted to bar, 1909. Engaged in practice of law, Logan, Utah, 1909-1923, Ogden, Utah, since 1923. District attorney, 1912-1920.
General attorney for banks in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, since 1922. Trustee Utah State Training School, 1929-1935. Regent University of Utah 1935-1947, also Chairman of the Board of regents 1938-1947.
Member American and Utah bar associations. Clubs: Timpanogos, Aztec (Salt Lake City).
Married Diana Bean, February 21, 1905. Children: Paul Bean, Emerson Bean, Olive (Mistress Ramon Lawrence Irwin), Miriam (Mistress David Mahlon Bonner).