Douglas D. Anderson

Douglas D. Anderson was born in Logan, Utah, and grew up in Southern California. He began his undergraduate studies at Stanford University. After a two-year LDS mission to northern Germany, he transferred to Utah State University, from which he graduated with BA and MA degrees. His PhD from Harvard University is in political economy and government. He joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1978, and in 1987 cofounded the Center for Executive Development, a Boston-based consulting firm, with three other former Harvard Business School professors. In 2006, he became the dean of the college of business at USU.