Kim B. Clark

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Kim B. Clark
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Emeritus General Authority
October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)
First Quorum of the Seventy
April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04) – October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)
Called by Thomas S. Monson
End reasonDesignated as emeritus general authority
15th President of Brigham Young University–Idaho
In office
August 19, 2005 – April 13, 2015
Predecessor David A. Bednar
Successor Clark Gilbert
Personal details
Born (1949-03-20) March 20, 1949 (age 74)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Alma mater Harvard University (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
Spouse(s)Sue Lorraine Hunt Clark
Children7

Kim Bryce Clark (born March 20, 1949) is an American scholar, educator, and religious leader who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2015, [1] and was the church's seventeenth Commissioner of Church Education from 2015 to 2019. [2] He served previously as the 15th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho from 2005 to 2015, and as the dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS) from 1995 to 2005, where he was also the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration. [3]

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Early life and education

Kim B. Clark was born on March 20, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and his family lived in Salt Lake City until 1960, when his father's new job required them to move to Spokane, Washington. Clark matriculated at Harvard University in 1967 as a pre-med major and left after his freshman year to serve as a missionary for the LDS Church in Germany. Following his mission, Clark enrolled for a time at Brigham Young University. In 1971, he resumed his studies at Harvard, where he received B.A. (1974), MA (1977), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in economics. [4] [5]

Clark joined the Harvard faculty in 1978 and served as Dean of HBS from 1995 to 2005. [6]

As a professor at 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 peer-reviewed academic journals. A few of his papers were co-authored with former HBS associate dean and former BYU-Hawaii president Steven C. Wheelwright. [4]

With a variety of co-authors, Clark published an important series of studies on technological innovation. The organizational linkages, or integration, required to accomplish an innovation is a thread that runs through these studies. These insights culminated in his book with Carliss Baldwin, “Design Rules: The Power of Modularity,” which explores the rules for integrating components that shaped innovation in the computer industry as well as many others. His various articles and books have been cited more than 20,000 times according to Google Scholar. [7]

In 2005, Clark left HBS when LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley appointed him president of BYU–Idaho. [8]

On January 27, 2015, it was announced that effective April 13, 2015, Clark would be succeeded by Clark Gilbert as the president of BYU–Idaho. [9]

LDS Church service and family

Clark has served in various assignments in the LDS Church, including bishop, scoutmaster, elders quorum president, Sunday School teacher, and counselor in a stake mission presidency. From 2007 to 2014, Clark served as an area seventy in the church's Idaho Area. On April 4, 2015, Clark was sustained as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. [10] On August 1, 2015, he succeeded Paul V. Johnson as the Commissioner of Church Education. [2] He was designated as an emeritus general authority in October 2019. [11]

Clark and his wife, Sue, have seven children. [12]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Five new General Authorities sustained during LDS Church's general conference". Church News. April 4, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Prescott, Marianne Holman (August 5, 2015). "Seminary and Institute histories to be released". Church News . Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2015..
  3. ↑ Bongiorno, Lori; Byrne, John A. "Kim Clark Means Business Now", Bloomberg Businessweek , September 25, 1995. Retrieved on March 6, 2020.
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  5. ↑ Heaps, Julie Dockstader (October 15, 2005), "President installed at BYU-Idaho", LDS Church News , retrieved September 11, 2014
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  9. ↑ "Clark Gilbert announced as new president of BYU-I", KSL January 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ "New General Authorities, Young Men Presidency and Primary Presidency Changes Announced". Newsroom. April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ Eyre, Aubrey. "These 9 General Authority Seventies received emeritus status during general conference", Church News , October 5, 2019. Retrieved on March 26, 2020.
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  13. 1 2 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (PDF), Marketing & Communication Division, Boy Scouts of America, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2016, retrieved September 11, 2014

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Robert M. Wilkes
as interim President (2004–2005)
David A. Bednar
as President (1997–2004)		 President of Brigham Young University–Idaho
August 19, 2005 – April 13, 2015		Succeeded by
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