found: My father, John Shaw Welch, 2003:t.p. (John Stanley Welch (John IV), La Cañada, California) page 67 (John Stanley (John IV) was born August 9, 1920 in Jerome, Idaho, son of John Shaw Welch and Eulalia Sorensen)
found: Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, June 26, 2007(John Stanley Welch)
found: Journal of Book of Mormon studies, 2007:volume 16, number 1, page 18 (John S. Welch; wrote article on the Book of Mormon)
found: BYU Maxwell Institute, website viewed January 30, 2019(John S. Welch, retired attorney living in La Canada, California; law degree from Harvard Law School in 1948; practiced his entire career in the Los Angeles based firm of Latham & Watkins)
found: Latham & Watkins, LLP, website viewed January 30, 2019(John S. Welch, retired partner; retired December 31, 1990 as a member of the litigation department)
found: Deseret News, website viewed January 30, 2019(May 4, 2018 edition; 77 years later, John Welch still Aggie Strong; Welch was valedictorian of the Utah State University Class of 1941 and gave the commencement address; in 2018, he is one of four people the university has chosen to receive honorary doctorates; he was born in Idaho in 1920, named after his father, who was named after his father, who was named after his father (John Welch IV would continue the tradition--his son is John, his grandson is John and his great-grandson is John); in 1931, when John was 11, the Welch family moved to the farm town of Mendon in Cache Valley, 10 miles west of Logan; he spent fours year as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1948, then moved to Los Angeles and worked for Latham & Watkins law firm from 1948-1990; currently lives in Salt Lake City; his wife, Nita, passed away in February 2018, six months after the Welches celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary)
found: FamilySearch, January 30, 2019(John Stanley Welch; born August 9, 1920; married Unita Woodland (1922-2018) on July 18, 1942)
