Resume
Resume of R. Clayton Brough
R. Clayton Brough is a geographer and genealogist and retired broadcast climatologist and educator. His experience and expertise includes geography and history, earth and physical sciences, journalism and broadcasting, and genealogy and theology.
Weathercasts of Clayton Brough - KTVX-ABC4 - 1980-2008 and 2018
Experience:
Genealogist and Officer, Brough Family Organization, Utah, 1977-present
Secretary, LDS Ancestral Families Association, Utah, 2016-present
Secretarial Assistant, Counseling Center, Copper Hills High School, West Jordan, Utah, 2017-2020
Geography, Science, Journalism, & Yearbook Teacher, Eisenhower Jr. High School, Taylorsville, Utah, 1986-2012. More.
Director, World Records for Schools, West Jordan, Utah, 2004-2012
Geography Instructor, Brigham Young University, Geography 120 and/or 130, 1989-2011
Geography Instructor, University of Utah, Geography 5700, 2005-2011
Climatologist and Weathercaster, KTVX-ABC4 TV Salt Lake City, Utah, 1980-2008
Assistant Director, Utah Center for Climate and Weather, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2003-2008
Meteorology Instructor, 4th Grade Science Curriculum Specialist, USBE via BYU, 2001
Meteorology Instructor, Teacher Certification Class, USBE via BYU, 1988-1996
Science Teacher, Springville Junior High School, Springville, Utah, 1975-78, 1984-85
Secretary, Society for Applied Climatology, West Jordan, Utah, 1982-1985
President, International Genealogy Consumer Organization, West Valley City, Utah, 1980-1994
Climatologist and Weathercaster, WeatherBank Inc., and KUTV, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1978-1980
Vice-President, American Geographical Research Corporation, Springville, Utah, 1975-1986
Education:
M.S., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1975, Geography
B.S., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1974, Geography major, English minor
Climatology Research, Geography Department, Brigham Young University, 1978-1989
Climatology Research, Office of Climatology, Utah State University, 1978-1983
Teaching License in Geography and English, Secondary Ed., USOE, 1975-2014
Teaching Endorsements in Physical and Earth Sciences, Secondary Ed., USOE, 1975-2014
Teaching Endorsement in Gifted and Talented (GT) Instruction, Utah State University, 2001-2014
Teaching Endorsement in English as a Second Language (ESL), Weber State, 2001-2014
Recognitions:
BYU Alumni Achievement Award, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, BYU, Provo, UT., 2019, Slides
AMS Seal of Approval for TV Weathercasting (#401), American Meteorological Society, 1985-2008
Community Service Award, Taylorsville City, Utah, 2006
BYU Honored Alumni Award, David O. McKay School of Education, BYU., Provo, UT., 2004
Excel (Excellence in Teaching) Award, Granite Education Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1990
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 1965. "Los Angeles: Scout Wins Top Honors", Deseret News, Sep. 16, 1967
Scientific Publications:
Sego, Utah (1901-1955), Canyon Legacy Journal, DOLCC Museum, Moab, Utah, Spring 2004, 6 pages
Utah Droughts Since 1500, ABC4 (KTVX) News presentation containing seven slides, August 3, 2003; also here.
Utah's Tornadoes and Waterspouts: 1847 to the Present, Sixth Edition, KTVX, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1999, 27 pages
Utah's Weather and Climate, Publishers Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1996, 245 pages.
Utah's High Winds: Intensities, Frequencies and Distribution, KTVX, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989, 60 pages
Utah's Comprehensive Weather Almanac, Publishers Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1987, 517 pages
Western Utah Climatography, Cenozoic Geology of Western Utah, UGA, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1987, 28 pages
Utah Weather Almanac and a Precipitation Projection to 2040, KTVX, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986, 8 pages
The Greatest Snow on Earth: The Weather & Climate of Utah's Ski Resorts, KTVX, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1985, 6 pages
Conference vs. the Weather, ARI, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983, 7 pages, (in newspapers: 1983, 2003, 2011, 2012; last update 2015)
Utah Weather Guide, Society for Applied Climatology, West Jordan, Utah, 1983, 46 pages
Mark Eubank's Utah's Weather, WeatherBank Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1979, 284 pages
The Historical Diffusion of Alfalfa, Journal of Agronomic Education, Volume 6, 1977, 7 pages
Settlements of the Great Salt Lake Desert, The Great Salt Lake Desert, BYU Geography Department, 1975, 15 pages
Mosida, Utah: Past, Present & Future, Press Publishing Co., Provo, Utah, 1974, 70 pages
Theological Publications:
Teachings of the Prophets, Horizon Publishers, 1993, 183 pages
Scientific Support for Scriptural Stories, Horizon Publishers, Utah, 1992, 253 pages
Understanding Patriarchal Blessings, Horizon Publishers, Utah, 1984, 81 pages
The Lost Tribes, Horizon Publishers, Utah, 1979, 117 pages
Our First Estate, Horizon Publishers, Utah, 1977, 174 pages
They Who Tarry, Horizon Publishers, Utah, 1976, 98 pages
His Servants Speak, Horizon Publishers, Utah, 1975, 301 pages
Family History Publications:
Richard Brough (1786-1873) and his Descendants, BFO, 2024, 26 pages
Elizabeth Brough and Samuel Cartlidge and Enoch Tipton, BFO, 2021, 56 pages
Strengthening LDS Family Organizations Through DNA, a presentation at RootsTech 2019
Family Organizations in the Digital Age, a presentation at RootsTech 2018
LDS Ancestral Family Organizations: Past, Present and Future, a presentation at BYU 2017 Family History Conference
The Ancestors and Relatives of Rebecca Garner, GARP, 2017, 115 pages
The Ancestors and Relatives of Samuel Clark, SCFO, 2016, 81 pages
The Allred's of Eccles, Lancashire, England, From the 1500's to 1700, BFO, 2016, 109 pages
Family History Moments: A Forgotten Book, Church News, via the Deseret News, 10 March 2016
The Family and Pioneer Ancestors of Reao Weaver and Estella Bergetta Mickelson, MHFO, 2016, 192 pages
Family History Moments: A Secret Drawer, Church News, via the Deseret News, 6-8 August 2015
Brough Families Worldwide, BFO, Utah, 2015, 613 pages
Family History Moments: Tender Mercies Follow Disaster, Church News, via the Deseret News, 9 November 2014
Family History Moments: A Diligent Search, Church News, via the Deseret News, 26 October 2013
The Global Brough Family, BFO, Utah, 2013, 441 pages
Family History Moments: Family's Focus, Church News, via the Deseret News, 11 December 2010
Osmond Ancestry and Genealogies, OFO, 2010, 131 pages
Brough Families of the British Isles and Their Descendants, BFO, Utah, 2010, 198 pages
A Thousand Years of [Brough] Family History in 37 Minutes, Deseret News article, March 2, 2010; and a 37-minute video documentary viewable on YouTube, 2009-2010
The Children and Ancestors of Thomas Martin Davis and Vera Ann Nichols, DFO, 2009, 24 pages
A Thousand Years of Osmond History, OFO, 2009, 24 pages
Family History Moments: Overseas Connection, Church News, via the Deseret News, 15 May 2004
A Pictorial History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, RBFO, 2003, 2 CD-Roms
The Ancestors of Michael Mickelson and Sarah Emeline Harris, MGC, Utah, 2001, 204 pages
The Ancestors and Descendants of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, RBFO, Utah, 1988, 126 pages
The Royal Relatives of Richard Brough, From 796 to 1786 AD., RBFO, Utah, 1982, 91 pages
The Ancestors of Richard Brough & Mary Horleston, RBFO, Utah, 1981, 85 pages
The Ancestors and Descendants of Anthon Peter Mikkelsen & Githe Jensen, MMGO, Idaho, 1980, 253 pages
Samuel Richard Brough: 1857-1947, His History, Ancestors & Descendants, RBFO, Utah, 1980, 116 pages
Religious Links:
A Personal Testimony of Faith and Family History (2016)
The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2020)
The Family: A Proclamation to the World (1995)
LDS Missionary, Eastern States Mission, 1969-1971
Man's Search for Happiness (Film, 1964)
Interests:
Family History Research and Faith & Family History
World Records, as participant, producer and/or holder
Publicity:
Brough Family Organization officer and participant at Family History Conferences, 2017-2024
ABC4-KTVX Utah Celebrates 70 and 75 Years On The Air, April 19, 2018 and April 19, 2023
KBYU Up to Date: Early Cancer Detection, YouTube video, April 2015, 2:23 minutes
KBYU Up To Date: Utah Downwinders, YouTube video, April 2015, 2:04 minutes
KBYU Up To Date: Genetics and Cancer, YouTube video, April 2015, 1:46 minutes
KBYU Up to Date: Skin Cancer in Utah, YouTube video, April 2015, 1:40 minutes
KBYU Up to Date: Ways to Guard Against Cancer, YouTube video, April 2015, 2:24 minutes
KBYU Up to Date: Cancer Research in Utah, YouTube video, April 2015, 2:25 minutes
Weathercasts of Clayton Brough - KTVX-ABC4 - 1980-2008 and 2018
"Osmond Genealogist Retires after more than 30 Years on Television", via Osmond Family Website, November 6, 2008
"Clayton Brough and His Son Battle Lymphoma", 2004-2007, and ABC4-KTVX-TV, May 22, 2007
"On Television: Forecast - Mostly Sunny", Standard Examiner, May 29, 2005
"With His Cancer In Remission, Brough Sees Only Blue Skies", Salt Lake Tribune, April 18, 2005
"The Storm Facing Brough Is Now A Personal One", Deseret News, July 2, 2004
"Weatherman's also a Man of Letters" & "Clayton Brough's Ten Books", Deseret News, February.1, 2003
"Clouds form inside Springville Jr. High", The Springville Herald newspaper, February 6, 1985
"[Brough] Child born in stalled ambulance". Lewiston Morning Tribune newspaper, October 17, 1977
Clayton Brough Retired in June 2012 after more than 30 Years of Teaching
Brough Family Organization News Release, October 5, 2011
After more than thirty years of teaching Geography, Journalism and Earth Science to secondary and college students, Clayton Brough announced his decision to retire from all teaching responsiblities in June 2012. His last day of teaching Geography classes to students at the University of Utah Murray Center will be on December 13, 2011; his last day of teaching Geography classes to students at the Brigham Young University Salt Lake Center will be on December 15, 2011; and his last day of teaching Geography classes to students at Eisenhower Junior High School (in Taylorsville, Utah) will be on June 1, 2012.
In a personal letter to some of his colleagues, Clayton explained that he "presently serves as a genealogist for the Brough Family Organization (BFO) (www.broughfamily.org)" and that he and his wife were "heavily involved in research projects supported by the BFO and other family history organizations" and had decided to "work full-time in fulfilling these and other related family history opportunities and responsibilities." In addition, he thanked his associates and students for their "past kindnesses and support" and for their "continued friendship and professionalism."
Clayton Brough Retired in November 2008 after more than 30 Years on Television
KTVX-ABC4 Television News Release, November 3-23, 2008
Clayton Brough, one of the nation's few "broadcast climatologists," will retire from KTVX-ABC4 by the end of November 2008, after spending more than 30 years on television and presenting thousands of weather forecasts.
Brough, who is 58 years old and survived cancer in 2004, says he recently made the decision to retire from television in an effort to "conserve my energy, preserve my health, and spend more time with my wife, children and grandchildren."
Brough worked at KUTV-2 from 1978 to 1980. In July 1980, he began working full-time at KTVX-ABC4, and since 1986 he's been Channel 4's weekend climatologist and weather forecaster. His more than 28 years of weather broadcasting on one television station places him in a unique crowd--as only a few television anchors, weather forecasters or sportscasters have ever enjoyed such a long run on one television station.
Over the past thirty years, Brough has also worked as a full-time public education teacher, consulted and written extensively on Utah's weather and climate, served as an adjunct university instructor in geography at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah, and been president of one of the world's largest ancestral family history organizations. "After many years of working multiple jobs seven days a week, I'm getting older and slower," Brough said, "and I want to spend more time with my wife and family, and pursue more family history work." He says, "I will miss my television family, friends and viewers, and I greatly appreciate their years of support and encouragement; but I'm now putting my broadcasting days behind me, and I plan on spending the next several years teaching weather, climate and geography to my secondary and university students."
Brough's last day on KTVX-ABC4 will be Sunday evening, November 23, 2008.
Weathercasts of Clayton Brough - KTVX-ABC4 - 1980-2008 and 2018