Linda Ann Parrack Livingstone is an American academic administrator who has served as president of

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

since June 1, 2017.

Early life

Linda Parrack was born to

Doyle Parrack Doyle Kenneth Parrack (December 6, 1921 – September 5, 2008) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Parrack was born in Cotton County, Oklahoma, and played basketball at Connors Jr. College and Oklahoma A&M University, where ...

and his wife Charlotte. She grew up in

Perkins, Oklahoma Perkins ( iow, Pékinⁿ Chína^i) is a city in southern Payne County, Oklahoma, Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,831 at the 2010 census, an increase of 24.6 percent from the figure of 2,272 in United States Census, 2000 ...

, and attended

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, where she also played basketball. Livingstone earned her bachelor's degree in economics and management and graduated

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in 1982, where she later returned to school for a master's in business administration (MBA). She received a doctorate in 1992.

Career

After receiving her MBA, Livingstone went to work for four years in Woodward, Oklahoma as Director of Kids, Inc. Then she worked for a year in Enid doing financial work for Enid Memorial Hospital. She returned to OSU to earn her PhD. Livingstone taught at

from 1991 to 1998, when she was named associate dean of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business. Livingstone left Baylor for

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and t ...

in 2002, where she was dean of the

Graziadio School of Business and Management The Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (Graziadio School) is the graduate business school of Pepperdine University, a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. ...

until 2014. She joined the faculty and administration of the

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in 2014, serving concurrently as dean and professor until 2017. Livingstone took office as president of Baylor University on June 1, 2017. During her time at Pepperdine, Livingstone worked a $200 million expansion of the schools campuses, adding a conference center and an increase in scholarship support for students. She continued to help build the campus and enhance the school's global focus by leading the development of a plan for the business school.

Personal

She is married to Brad Livingstone, a high school history teacher and former basketball player at Oklahoma State, with whom she has a daughter named Shelby. Shelby was a member of the Rice University volleyball team.

References

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