David B. Galbraith

David B. Galbraith, who with his family lived in the Holy Land for twenty years (1969–1989), was hired by BYU’s Department of Continuing Education as the resident director of its Holy Land study abroad programs. He later led the search for land on which the Jerusalem Center was built. He was an integral part of the team that designed and monitored the construction of the Center. David was appointed as the Jerusalem Center’s first director when it opened to students in 1987. In 1989, he returned to BYU, where he taught political science and international relations until he retired in 2000.