David C. Hardesty Jr.

David Carter Hardesty Jr. is an American lawyer and educator who was the 21st president of West Virginia University from 1995 to 2007.[2][3] As an undergraduate student at West Virginia University, Hardesty was student body president, a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and a Rhodes Scholar.[2][4] Hardesty earned a B.A. from Oxford University in 1969 which was redesignated an M.A. in 1983.[1][2][5] He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1973. and He was a partner with Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love from 1973 to 1995, and served as the Tax Commissioner of West Virginia from 1977 to 1980.[2] Hardesty then began his twelve-year tenure as president of WVU. He is currently president emeritus and professor of law at West Virginia University.[3]

David C. Hardesty Jr.
21st President of
West Virginia University
In office
1995–2007
Succeeded byMike Garrison
Personal details
Born
David Carter Hardesty Jr.

1946 (age 76–77)
SpouseSusan Brown Hardesty[1]
Alma materWest Virginia University (BA)
University of Oxford (MA)
Harvard University (JD)
ProfessionLawyer, Academic administrator
WebsiteWest Virginia College of Law

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2010-04-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Faculty | College of Law | West Virginia University".
  3. "David C. Hardesty Jr". www.be.wvu.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-23.
  4. Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity - Twelfth Edition, p.140: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, 1985.
  5. https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/307-072.shtml Archived 2016-07-27 at the Wayback Machine>


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