| David C. Hardesty Jr. | |
| Order: | 21st |
| President of West Virginia University | |
| Term Start: | 1995 |
| Term End: | 2007 |
| Successor: | Mike Garrison |
| Birth Name: | David Carter Hardesty Jr. |
| Alma Mater: | West Virginia University (BA) University of Oxford (MA) Harvard University (JD) |
| Profession: | Lawyer, Academic administrator |
| Spouse: | Susan Brown Hardesty[1] |
| Website: | West Virginia College of Law |
David Carter Hardesty Jr. is an American lawyer and educator who was the 21st president of West Virginia University from 1995 to 2007.[2] [3] [4] As an undergraduate student at West Virginia University, Hardesty was student body president, a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and a Rhodes Scholar.[3] [5] Hardesty earned a B.A. from Oxford University in 1969 which was redesignated an M.A. in 1983.[6] He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1973. and 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.[3] Hardesty then began his twelve-year tenure as president of WVU. He is currently president emeritus and professor of law at West Virginia University.[4]