Wilford McGavin McKendrick (June 12, 1870 – May 11, 1936) served as principal of Weber Stake Academy, the predecessor of Weber State University

Weber State University

Weber State University is a public university located in the city of Ogden in Weber County, Utah, USA. It was founded in 1889 and is a coeducational, publicly supported university offering professional, liberal arts and technical certificates, as well as associate, bachelor's and master's degrees...

 from 1908-1910.

McKendrick had received both high school and college education at Brigham Young Academy and had been a member of that school's faculty. Among other positions McKendrick served as the librarian at Brigham Young Academy. McKendrick had been a faculty member at Weber Academy before he became the principal, filling the vacancy left by David O. McKay

David O. McKay

David Oman McKay was the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , serving from 1951 until his death. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was a general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church...

 when he resigned to serve as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve

Quorum of the Twelve

In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Quorum of the Twelve was one of the governing bodies of the church hierarchy organized by the movement's founder Joseph Smith, Jr., and patterned after the twelve apostles of Christ In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Quorum of the Twelve (also known as the...

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McKendrick was a Latter-day Saint. Among other Church positions he was a counselor in the Ogden Stake presidency.

Sources

• BYA alumni page on McKendrick
• Morrell, Janette McKay. Home Memories of David O. McKay.