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Clayton Brough was born on May 29, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. In the mid-1970s, Brough served as executive vice-president of the American Geographical Research Corp. of Utah, where he studied the climate of the region. He began teaching in 1975, but temporarily left the field when in
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Climate and Weather to author reports on the climate history and weather in the state. In April 2015 he performed six public service announcements on cancer detection and prevention for KBYU Television.
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America. In 1967 Brough was selected by his district to report on the status of Scouting in America to US President Lyndon Johnson. He received his BS in Geography and MS in geography from
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December 2005, Brough's students at the Eisenhower Junior High School in
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