Sterling Don Colton

Background

Colton, Sterling Don was born on April 28, 1929 in Vernal, Utah, United States. Son of Hugh Wilkins and Marguerite (Maughan) Colton.

Education

University of Utah (Bachelor of Science, 1951). Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1953). Member, Stanford University Law Review, 1952-1953.

Instructor in Business Law, University of Utah, 19611964. Director, National Litigation Center and Polynesian Culture Center, since 1988. Member, National Advisory Council for Ballet West.

Career

Partner Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, 1957—1966. Vice chair, senior vice president, general counsel, board directors Marriott Corporation and Marriott International, 1966—1995. Retired, 1995; Major Judge Advocate General United States Army, 1954-1957.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1954, Utah 1954, DC 1967.

Views

Contemporary Christian beliefs over centuries became a mixture of the truth and of errors. Therefore, conventional Christian churches lost the authority of God.

Membership

National advisory counsel Ballet W. Member advisory council National Conservancy. Vice president Colton Ranch Corporation, since 1987.

President Canada Vancouver Mission Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1995—1998, Washington District of Columbia Temple, 1999—2002. Former chairman national advisory council University Utah. Trustee Southern Virginia University, since 2003.

Member of American Bar Association, Washington Metropolitan Corporation Counsel Association (former president, director), DC Bar Association, Utah Bar Association, California Bar Association, Sigma Chi.

Connections

Married Eleanor Ricks, August 6, 1954. Children: Sterling David, Carolyn, Bradley Hugh, Steven Ricks.

Father:

Hugh Wilkins Colton

Mother:

Marguerite (Maughan) Colton

Spouse:

Eleanor Ricks

child:

Sterling David Colton

child:

Carolyn Colton

child:

Bradley Hugh Colton

child:

Steven Ricks Colton