{{Short description|American academic administrator}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Richard Durst | image = Baldwin Wallace President Richard Durst (6253238612).jpg | office = 8th President of Baldwin Wallace University | term_start = 2006 | term_end = 2012 | predecessor = Mark H. Collier | successor = Robert C. Helmer | children = 2 | spouse = Karen | education = Missouri Western State University <br> University of Oklahoma }}
'''Richard Durst''' is an academic administrator who served as the eighth and last president of Baldwin-Wallace College located in Berea, Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bw.edu/quickfacts/officers/|title=Officers and Trustees|publisher=Baldwin-Wallace College|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> He became president in 2006 and remained until 2012.<ref name="BW University">{{cite news|last=Berger DuMound|first=Joanne|title=Berea's Baldwin-Wallace College will become Baldwin Wallace University|url=http://www.cleveland.com/berea/index.ssf/2012/02/baldwin-wallace_college_will_b.html|accessdate=February 11, 2012|date=February 11, 2012}}</ref> Durst was replaced by Robert C. Helmer in July 2012 as the school converted to Baldwin Wallace University<ref name="BW University"/>
==Childhood, education, and family== Richard Durst was born in 1945, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to cattle ranchers Wayne and Pearle Jenson Durst. His parents had a cattle ranch in Harrisburg, Nebraska. Richard spent most of his childhood living with his grandparents in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Durst served four years in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He is a graduate of Missouri Western State University and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in Scenic Design for Theatre. He and his wife, Karen, were married in 1974 in Norman, Oklahoma. He is the father of two: Amanda Durst and Derek Durst.<ref name="BW Officers and Trustees Durst bio">{{cite web|title=BW Officers and Trustees Durst bio|url=http://www.bw.edu/quickfacts/officers/|work=Officers and Trustees|accessdate=26 June 2012}}</ref>
==Career== Before assuming the Presidency of Baldwin-Wallace College, Durst was Dean of the College of Arts and Architecture and executive director of University Arts Services at the Pennsylvania State University (2000–2006). Prior to that, he was Dean of the Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts (1996–2000) and Special Assistant to the Chancellor (1997–2000) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Durst served as Dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Minnesota, Duluth from 1989 to 1996, where he was full professor and then department chair before that. Additionally, Durst has served as executive director of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD); he is a Past President of both the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT), whose world headquarters are in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In March 2011 Durst announced his intention to retire in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/baldwin-wallace_college_presid.html|title=Baldwin-Wallace College President Richard Durst to retire in 2012 |last=Farkas|first=Karen|date=March 30, 2011|work=The Plain Dealer|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> In 2012, Durst retired as president<ref name="BW Officers and Trustees Durst bio"/><ref name="durst retires">{{cite web|title=Durst to retire|url=http://www.bw.edu/news/durst-retirement/|accessdate=25 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Durst Set to retire">{{cite web|title=Durst Set to retire|url=http://www.bw.edu/news/durst-retirement/|publisher=BW|accessdate=26 June 2012}}</ref> During Durst's presidency, Durst oversaw the early stages of the school's conversion to a university.<ref name="BW University"/> In the fall of 2011 a task force was developed by BW President Dick Durst. On February 11, 2012, it was announced Baldwin–Wallace College will become Baldwin Wallace University after approval by the BW Board of Trustees. The name would become effective on July 1 of 2012 with complete implementation by the end of 2012. In addition to the new university designation, seal, and logo "B-W" will drop the hyphen in its name.<ref name="BW University"/>
== External links ==
* [https://libguides.bw.edu/c.php?g=1002685&p=7262228#DurstRich Encyclopedia of Baldwin Wallace History: Richard Durst]
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