Dave Dougherty

Dave Dougherty is the author of a Civil War history book as well as co-author of three books with Larry Schweikart, and a producer with Rockin' the Wall Studios. Formerly a professor of management and computer science at Cleveland State University and the University of Texas at El Paso, Dougherty also has had an extensive career in private industry, both as an executive and an entrepreneur. An ex-intelligence case officer, Dougherty specializes in intelligence history as well as military history. He has an extensive regional political following in Arkansas and Missouri, has hosted his own radio show, and makes numerous civic and political speeches in the region. It was through his efforts that the Secretary of Interior was forced to withdraw his designation of the White River watershed as a National Blueway in 2013. In spite of his academic, technical, and business accomplishments, Dougherty is relatively unknown nationally.