Dr. John Hilton III Phd

Director of Youth Holy Land Tour

John Hilton III was born in San Francisco and grew up in Seattle. He served a mission in Denver, and got a Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. While there he met his wife Lani and they have six children. They have lived in Boise, Boston, Mexico, Miami, China and Jerusalem. John has a Masters degree from Harvard and a Ph.D from BYU, both in Education. He currently is a Religion Professor at BYU. John has written several books with Deseret Book, including WHY?, HOW?, and What Girls Need to Know About Guys/What Guys Need to Know About Girls. A popular speaker at Especially For Youth and other conferences, John loves being with his family, doing humanitarian work, learning Chinese, and performing magic.