Robert Clark Named President of Husson University
Published: October 22, 2009
University of Evansville’s Robert A. Clark, Ph.D., has been identified as the next president of Husson University in Bangor, Maine, both institutions announced Thursday morning.
Clark, who has served at the University of Evansville since 2003, is currently the Schroeder Family Dean and Professor of Finance and International Business at the University of Evansville’s Schroeder Family School of Business Administration. He also serves as the University’s Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and as the Director for the Institute for Global Enterprise in Indiana.
He will assume leadership of the Maine institution on January 1.
“During Dr. Clark’s seven years here, he has helped lead the transformation of our business programs,” said University of Evansville President Stephen Jennings. “He led the efforts to earn AACSB International accreditation for the Schroeder Family School of Business Administration, completed a major transformation of our business curriculum, engaged the University community in strategic initiatives, and guided efforts to extend global understanding on UE’s campus and beyond. Through numerous external efforts, he has successfully connected the School and the Institute for Global Enterprise in Indiana to the community, the region, and the state. Collectively, these efforts have aided in the growing reputation of the University of Evansville and its Schroeder Family School of Business Administration and, most importantly, the fulfillment of our mission and vision.
“Dr. Clark’s background as a strategic thinker and visionary, engaging public speaker, and incisive leader in matters related to sustainability proved to be very attractive to the search committee at Husson, which pursued him for this opportunity,” he added.
Clark is the fourth University of Evansville vice president to rise to a presidency during Jennings’ administration at the institution. Stephen G. Greiner, a former vice president for academic affairs was named 15th president of Virginia Intermont College in 2001. He is currently president of North Carolina’s Brunswick Community College. Another former UE vice president for academic affairs, Stuart Dorsey, became ninth president of the University of Redlands (Calif.) in June 2005. That same month, former executive vice president John W. Byrd became the 22nd president of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
Husson is a private university of approximately 3,500 students offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in business, health, education, and professional studies.
“It has been a professional goal to become a university president at the right place and time,” said Clark. “Husson provides the unique opportunity to do so in my home state of Maine, and at an institution with many of the same values I have found compelling at the University of Evansville, including a focus on experiential learning outside the classroom and emphasis on the search for ethical truths in a changing world.”
Clark holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maine. He earned his Ph.D. in Finance from Purdue University.
He is married to Tricia McGarry Clark, Music Director for Newburgh United Methodist Church, and they have two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth.
