Dr. David B. Burks, President of Harding University

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

David B. Burks

Current

Position:	President, Harding University

Address:	Harding University; Box 12256; Searcy, AR 72149-0001

Education:	Ph.D.; Administration of Higher Education; Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida; 1974
	CPA, Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, 1974
	M.B.A., Accounting, University of Texas, Austin, 1966
	B.A., Accounting and Business; Harding College; Searcy, AR 1965

Positions

Held:	1987-Present President of Harding University; Searcy, Arkansas
	1967-1987 Dean, School of Business, 1974-1987; Director of American Studies Program, 1982-1987; Professor, Harding University, since 1967.
	1966-1967 Exxon, Incorporated; Houston, Texas; Headquarters Division

Professional

Activities:	Member and past Chair of the Board of Trustees, Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Universities; President of Searcy Industrial Development Committee; Member of Board of Directors, First Security Bank, Searcy, Arkansas; and Member of Searcy Kiwanis Club (past president).

Honors and Affiliations:	Winner of Harding University's Distinguished Teacher Award, 1975 and 1986, and School of Business Outstanding Alumnus Award, 1988; Faculty advisor or co-advisor to Executive Business Teams at Harding, 1968-1985. These teams won the overall national championship five times. Listed in Outstanding Young Men of America, Personalities of the South, and Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Recipient of Harding University Distinguished Alumni Award, 1999.

Publications:	General editor of Against the Grain, Harding University, 1998, Searcy, Arkansas; The Christian Alternative for Business, G. T. Press, Dallas, 1978; Strategic Management Simulation, a computerized business game, Harding University, 1973.

Personal:	Hobbies: Jogging, golf, and reading; born May 13, 1943, in Ava, Missouri; Married to the former Leah Ann Gentry from Alhambra, Illinois; Children: Bryan and Stephen and six grandchildren; Elder at College Church of Christ, Searcy, Arkansas.