Judson President Recognized for His Outstanding Leadership

Judson President Recognized for His Outstanding Leadership

David E. Potts, president of Judson College in Marion, recently received the James T. Rogers Distinguished Leadership Award for outstanding contributions to higher education.

The award was presented during the 2013 annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in Atlanta in December 2013.

Potts was chosen as the recipient for the depth and breadth of his voluntary service to the commission.  

Potts was appointed president of Judson in 1990. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama; he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Samford University in Birmingham.

He and his wife, Nora Beth, have two children.