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Dr. Rick Niece

Author. Educator. Lover of small town USA.

Rick D. Niece, Ph.D., is an award-winning author and life-long educator who has served as a classroom teacher, public school administrator, university professor, provost, and ultimately university president in Ohio and Arkansas. “Perfect in Memory: A Son’s Tribute to His Mother,” the third and final book in his highly acclaimed “Fanfare for a Hometown” series, was released Sept. 1, 2016. Niece is now retired, but serves as president emeritus for University of the Ozarks and writes on, while living in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas with his wife Sherée.