David Carter Hardesty Jr. is an American lawyer and educator who was the 21st president of
West Virginia University from 1995 to 2007.
As an undergraduate student at West Virginia University, Hardesty was student body president, a member of
Phi Kappa Psi, and a
Rhodes Scholar
The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom.
Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
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[''Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity - Twelfth Edition'', p.140: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, 1985.] Hardesty earned J.D. from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
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in 1973, and a B.A. from Oxford University in 1969 which was redesignated an M.A. in 1983.[https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/307-072.shtml>] 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.[ Hardesty then began his twelve-year tenure as president of WVU. He is currently president emeritus and professor of law at West Virginia University.][
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External links
Forbes.com
*http://wvbarfoundation.org/fellows/
*http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2010/1/11/wvu-announces-2010-david-c-hardesty-jr-festival-of-ideas-schedule
Lawyers from Morgantown, West Virginia
Presidents of West Virginia University
West Virginia University alumni
West Virginia University faculty
Harvard Law School alumni
American Rhodes Scholars
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
1946 births
Living people
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