Kim B. Clark

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Infobox University President
name =Kim B. Clark


caption =
order =15th
university =President of BYU-Idaho
term_start =October 11, 2005
term_end =Present
birth_date =Birth date and age|1949|3|20|mf=y
birth_place =Salt Lake City, Utah
death_date =
death_place =
predecessor =David A. Bednar
successor =
alumnus =Brigham Young University
Harvard University
residence =Rexburg, Idaho
profession =Professor of business
religion =The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
salary =
spouse =Sue Lorraine Hunt Clark
children =
website = [http://www.byui.edu/President/ Office of the President]
footnotes =|

Kim B. Clark (born March 20 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is President of Brigham Young University–Idaho. Before this appointment in 2005, Clark served as Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005 and as the George F. Baker Professor of Administration.

Clark matriculated at Harvard University in 1967 as a pre-med major and left after his freshman year to serve as a missionary in Germany. Upon his return to the U.S., he enrolled at Brigham Young University. After he and his wife married in the Salt Lake Temple in June of 1971, Clark resumed his studies at Harvard, where he received his B.A. (1974), MA (1977), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in economics. [ [http://www.byui.edu/president/inauguration/kimbclark.htm Dr. Kim B. Clark ] ] In 2005, at the call of ecclesiastical leader Gordon B. Hinckley, Clark left the Harvard Business School to accept a position as president of Brigham Young University–Idaho. [ [http://www.byui.edu/News/NewsReleases2005/051012ClarkInauguration.htm Date ] ]

Having served in various church leadership capacities (e.g., bishop, scoutmaster of a church-affiliated troop), Clark was called to be an Area Seventy in the Idaho Area of the LDS Church on March 31, 2007.fact|date=April 2008 Clark is an Eagle Scout and a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.cite web | author = | year = | url = http://members.cox.net/scouting179/Eagle%20Distinguished.htm | title = Distinguished Eagle Scouts | format = | work = | publisher = Troop & Pack 179 | accessdate = 2006-03-02] He and his wife also have seven children. [ [http://www.byui.edu/president/inauguration/kimbclark.htm Dr. Kim B. Clark ] ]

Academia

While a professor at the Harvard Business School (HBS), Clark's research focused on modularity in design and the integration of technology and competition in industry evolution—particular with respect to the computer industry. He has published several articles in the Harvard Business Review and other peer-reviewed academic journals. A few of his papers have also been co-authored with former HBS associate dean and current BYU Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright. [ [http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=kclark Biography - Kim B. Clark ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0009/a-acch.html Distinguished Eagle Scout]
* [http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=kclark Harvard Business School bio]