David is a 1971 graduate of Bridgewater State University. He earned a master’s degree in 1990 from Harvard University. A native of Boston and a veteran of the U.S. Army, he was an English teacher at East Bridgewater High School from 1971 to 1973. 

In August 1973, he returned to his alma mater where over the next 43 years he served in a number of administrative positions – including, at various times, Director of Public Relations, Assistant to the President for Communications and Editor of Alumni Publications. He also was president of the Bridgewater State Alumni Association from 1986-1988 and was an adjunct instructor in BSU’s Department of Communication Studies from 1997 to 2012.

He has served as editor of the university’s Emeriti Faculty Association’s monthly newsletter, Generations of Service, continuously since 2015. He retired from full-time service in March 2016 and was invited by President Clark to return part-time in May 2016, and today is assigned to duties in the President’s Office.

He and his wife Elizabeth are the parents of two children, Timothy and Elizabeth, and five grandchildren, Carolyn Wilson, Amelia Wilson, Isaac Wilson, Joshua Wilson and Savannah Nelson.