Laurence “Larry” Blair Bond

Larry grew up in Roy, making many friends. Mom and Dad had us working on the farm growing tomatoes and sugar beets. This led to long days and a foundation of discipline and hard work, sprinkled with an occasional tomato fight and splashing each other as we irrigated the crops. He served an LDS mission to Porto Alegre, Brazil. Upon his return something had changed in him. Mom reinforced that the ‘world was his oyster’ and his curiosity to explore the world and learn ‘everything’ was ignited, in fact it exploded. His quest for knowledge was insatiable (D&C 130:18-19).

At first, he began practicing the piano 5 to 6 hours a day to become a concert pianist. Then it was off to Weber State and the University of Utah studying math, mechanical engineering and law. This led him to David Trask and William Britt and their Salt Lake City law firm, TraskBritt. They helped him grow a successful practice of patent and trademark law, where he worked for 30 years. He met many clients who were inventors, entrepreneurs and corporate clients, one of his favorites being Nike. He met good friends there.

After passing the Bar in England, he opened a law office in London, and this fueled his desire to know more, especially European culture and history. He began adding intense university studies to his schedule. It started in Glasgow, then London, Warsaw, Bangalore, Paris, Helsinki, Pretoria and more. These studies went on and on: eventually earning him 7 diplomas and 6 certificates from European museums and institutes and 18 Master’s degrees from universities throughout the world. He spent two years at the prestigious Tsinghua University Law School in Beijing, China, earning a Chinese Law degree. Another favorite/challenging time was attending the Warburg Institute at the University of London where he was one of 10 students from throughout the world and the only American admitted that year to a master’s program where world-renowned professors and visiting experts taught European Cultural and Intellectual History of the 1300’s to 1650’s. He was elated, both when admitted and when he graduated. He also was hired by a firm to be a visiting professor teaching Intellectual Property law at 10 or 12 universities throughout Europe and Asia. Other highlights were acting as a Legal Advisor for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, Saudia Arabia and acting as a Visiting Research Fellow at Cambridge University’s Law School. He also spent time at the Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands. And then there were the plays, theaters and operas, not to mention Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Bayreuth, Germany and the Passion Play in Oberammergau.

He really enjoyed German food and if he were to move anywhere in the world, besides Roy, Utah… it would have been St. Petersburg, Russia because of its art, architecture and history. He had an eye for French antiques and was simply engulfed in that world. He loved life, loved his friends, loved coming home and loved telling stories. His nieces and nephews are full of Larry stories and his crazy adventures will live on through them as they have caught his travel and learning bug and have been immensely blessed by his fearless life. A true Renaissance Man. God bless, Larry! Love you!

He is survived by his sister, LaRinda (Tim) Wilson and brother John (TJ) Bond and wonderful nieces and nephews and their families, Blair, Brigham, Evan, Parker and Mackenzie & Alex, Katie, Liz and Tori, along with Auntie Maggie Favero and lots of fun-loving cousins.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Max and Bettie Bond, grandparents Laurence and Mattie Bond & Seth and Zella Blair and wonderful aunts, uncles and cousins.

We invite friends to visit with the family on Saturday, January 25, 2025 between 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. with a short tribute thereafter at 11:30 a.m. at the Municipal Park Ward 5930 South 2200 West in Roy, with interment at the Roy City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, simply think of Larry as you visit a museum or attend a play.