Caldwell, first Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate in the 20th century Jonathan Dismang, politician Timothy Chad Hutchinson, attorney and former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Jeremy Kernodle, United States District Judge David Porter, Texas Railroad Commissioner Kenneth Starr, attorney, judge, U.S. Solicitor General, Special Prosecutor for the Impeachment of Bill Clinton Thomas Philip Watson, politician Ryan Walters (Oklahoma politician), Oklahoma state secretary of education Religion Charles Coil, evangelist Roger Duke, theologian Gary Holloway, executive director of the World Convention of Churches of Christ Larry M. James, theologian Other George Andrew Davis, Jr., fighter pilot and flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War Khalil Jahshan, Palestinian-American activist, media commentator, and executive director of the Arab Center Washington DC Larry M. James, social worker and CEO of the Dallas housing enterprise CitySquare Botham Jean, murder victim Farrell Till, activist and editor of The Skeptical Review Notable faculty, current and former Carl Allison, football and baseball coach Stanley Jennings Carpenter, Medical Entomologist, U.S. Army Colonel James W. Carr, professor of business and member of the National Security Education Board James Burton Coffman, preacher, author James Dickey, basketball coach. Played and coached at Harding. Ronnie Huckeba, football coach Paul Fiser, football coach Jack P. Lewis, theologian John Robert McRay, biblical scholar Michael A. O'Donnell, psychologist Thomas H. Olbricht, biblical scholar Carroll D. Osburn, theologian and noted biblical scholar John Prock, football coach Cheri Yecke, educator and civil servant in the Bush administration Recipients of honorary degrees Marshall Keeble, African-American minister Levy Mwanawasa, president of Zambia Cline Paden, missionary Jerry Mitchell, journalist, author Presidents J.N. Armstrong (1924–1936) George S. Benson (1936–1965) Clifton L. Ganus Jr. (1965–1987) David Burks (1987–2013) Bruce McLarty (2013–2020) David Burks (2020-2022) Mike Williams (2022–present) References External links Harding Athletics website Educational institutions established in 1924 Universities and colleges affiliated with the Christian churches and churches of Christ Buildings and structures in Searcy, Arkansas Private universities and colleges in Arkansas Restoration Movement Council for Christian Colleges and Universities 1924 establishments in Arkansas Education in White County, Arkansas