David Davenport

David Davenport is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University as well as a Senior Fellow at the Ashbrook Center. He is the former president of Pepperdine University (1985-2000), where he also served as a professor of law and public policy. David is the coauthor with Gordon Lloyd of three books: How Public Policy Became War (2019), Rugged Individualism: Dead or Alive? (2017), and The New Deal and Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry (2013). He lives in...See more

David Davenport is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University as well as a Senior Fellow at the Ashbrook Center. He is the former president of Pepperdine University (1985-2000), where he also served as a professor of law and public policy. David is the coauthor with Gordon Lloyd of three books: How Public Policy Became War (2019), Rugged Individualism: Dead or Alive? (2017), and The New Deal and Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry (2013). He lives in Coronado, CO. See less