David C. Hardesty, Jr.

David C. Hardesty, Jr.
21st President of West Virginia University
Term	1995 – 2007
Successor	Mike Garrison
Born	1946
Alma mater	West Virginia University Harvard Law School University of Oxford
Profession	Lawyer
Spouse	Susan Brown Hardesty[1]
Website	West Virginia College of Law

David C. 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 J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1973, and a B.A. from Oxford University in 1969 which was redesignated an M.A. in 1983.^[1][2] 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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://law.wvu.edu/r/download/54914
2. ^ ^{a b c d} http://law.wvu.edu/faculty/full_time_+faculty/david_c_hardesty
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.be.wvu.edu/Hall_fame/hardesty.htm
4. ^ Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity - Twelfth Edition, p.140: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, 1985.

External links

• http://people.forbes.com/profile/david-c-hardesty/22627
• http://wvbarfoundation.org/fellows/
• http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2010/1/11/wvu-announces-2010-david-c-hardesty-jr-festival-of-ideas-schedule

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Name	Hardesty, David C., Jr.
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Date of birth	1946
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