Skip Rutherford
{{short description|American nonprofit executive and academic administrator}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Skip Rutherford
| birth_name = James Luin Rutherford III
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|01|28}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, US
| education = Batesville High School
| alma mater = University of Arkansas
| occupation = Non-profit executive, academic administrator
| known for = Founding president, Clinton Foundation
| spouse = Billie Rutherford
| children = 3
}}
James Luin "Skip" Rutherford III (born January 28, 1950) is an American non-profit executive and academic administrator. He was the first president of the Clinton Foundation, and was the Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service from April 2006 until June 2021.
Early life
James Luin Rutherford III was born on January 28, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the only child of James Luin Rutherford Jr (1921-2014), a banker and landowner, and his wife Kathleen Rutherford (née Roberson). Rutherford was brought up in Batesville, Arkansas, and educated at Batesville High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3767 |title=James Luin "Skip" Rutherford III (1950) |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |date= |accessdate=2016-10-24}}{{tertiary source inline|date=August 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=33857&locid=|title=James L. Rutherford - Obituary & Service Details|publisher=}}{{unreliable source?|date=August 2022}} Rutherford received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas, where he was editor of their student newspaper, The Arkansas Traveler, in 1971–72.
Career
In 1992, he was a key advisor on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign.
In 1997 he became the first president of the Clinton Foundation,{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/skip-rutherford-quietly-gets-things-done/Content?oid=866644 |title=Skip Rutherford quietly gets things done |website=Arktimes.com |date= 21 January 2005|accessdate=2016-10-24}} and was still heading the board at the end of 2004, when the other directors were Senator David Pryor, Ann Jordan, Terrence McAuliffe, and Cheryl Mills.{{Cite web |url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/files/2004_AR.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-10-25 |archive-date=2021-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305062825/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/files/2004_AR.pdf |url-status=dead }}
In 2006, Rutherford was chairman of the Clinton Foundation, executive vice president of Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, a communications firm in Little Rock, and a visiting professor at the University of Central Arkansas.{{cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-rutherford-named-dean-of-clinton-school-of-public-service.html|title=Press Release: Rutherford Named Dean of Clinton School of Public Service|publisher=}}
Rutherford was the Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service from April 2006, when he succeeded Senator David Pryor,{{cite web|author=Suzi Parker |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/14/with-another-clinton-campaign-it-s-d-j-vu-all-over-again-in-little-rock.html |title=With Another Clinton Campaign, It's Déjà Vu All Over Again in Little Rock |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=2015-04-14 |accessdate=2016-10-24}} until his retirement in 2021.
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{C-SPAN|26443}}
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Category:Clinton Foundation people
Category:People from Memphis, Tennessee