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Kim Bryce Clark is an American scholar, educator, and religious leader who has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2015, and the church"s seventeenth Commissioner of Church Education since 1 August 2015.

Education

Harvard University; Brigham Young University.

Career

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 (Harvard Business School) from 1995 to 2005, where he was also the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration. Following his mission, Clark enrolled for a time at Brigham Young University. In 1971, he resumed his studies at Harvard, where he received Bachelor of Arts (1974), Master of Arts (1977), and Doctor of Philosophy (1978) degrees in economics.

Clark joined the Harvard faculty in 1978 and served as Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005.

As a professor at the Harvard Business School, 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 Harvard Business School associate dean and former Brigham Young University-Hawaii president Steven C. Wheelwright. On January 27, 2015, it was announced that effective April 13, 2015, Clark would be succeeded by Clark Gilbert as the president of Brigham Young University–Idaho.

From 2007 to 2014, Clark served as an area seventy in the church"s Idaho Area.

On 1 August 2015, he succeeded Paul V. Johnson as the Commissioner of Church Education.

Achievements

  • Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the National Eagle Scout Association Newcomen-Harvard Award for Best Paper Published in the Business History Review (1994).

Works

All works

Membership

On April 4, 2015, Clark was sustained as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.

Connections

Father:
Merlin Clark

Mother:
Helen Mar (Hickman) Clark

Spouse:
Sue Lorraine Hunt

child:
Jonathan Clark

child:
Jennifer Clark

child:
Andrew Clark

child:
Julia Clark

child:
Michael Clark

child:
Bryce Clark

child:
Erin Clark