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Kim Clark, Mormon Scholar and Administrator

Kim B. Clark is the President of Brigham Young University-Idaho and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church. Clark was born March 20, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served as Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005. He was also the George F. Baker Professor of Administration.

Clark started school at Harvard as a pre-med major, but he interrupted his schooling early on to serve a full-time mission for the Church to Germany. When he returned from his mission, he enrolled at Brigham Young University. In 1971, after he married, Clark returned to Harvard. He received his B.A. in 1974 and his M.A. in 1977. He earned his doctorate in 1978 in economics. He then joined the Harvard faculty.

"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—particularly within the computer industry. He has published several articles in the Harvard Business Review and other peer-reviewed academic journals. A few of his papers were co-authored with former HBS associate dean and current BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright." [1]

Clark's call to serve as president of BYU-Idaho came from late Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley. Many people in academe could not understand the decision, since it seemed like a step down for Clark. However, holding the work of the Lord in higher esteem than the world, Clark accepted the position. Clark has served in many capacities in the Church, including as a scoutmaster with a ward-sponsored boy scout troop, as a bishop, elders quorum president, gospel doctrine teacher, and counselor in a stake mission presidency. He was called to be an Area Seventy in the Idaho Area of the LDS Church on March 31, 2007.

Clark is an Eagle Scout and a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He and his wife have seven children.