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The Belden Center
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David Belden, founder of the company that became
Louver Manufacturing Company (Lomanco), now
located in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Mr. Belden had a
firm belief in free enterprise and the basic principles
that have made America a great nation.
In 1979, Lomanco Chairman, Delbert Belden, Clark
David Belden's son, presented Harding University with
a $500,000 gift to endow the Belden Center. Because
of the great generosity of Del and Valerie Belden, their
family and Lomanco, generations of students and
community members will continue to be able to pass
the word about our amazing American incentive
system.
Very few individuals, families, or companies have
become interested so quickly and so completely in our
work here as the Beldens and Lomanco -- funding
American Studies speakers, Sales Seminar speakers,
helping fund our new Professional Sales degree
program and the high school/junior college simulation
competition, giving an award to the
''Outstanding Sales
Potential Student,"
and funding our energy research
project.
Del also served as chairman of the Students In Free
Enterprise (SIFE) Economics Team's Council for
Realistic Economic Education (CREED). He was a key
member of our Business Associates, an advisory board
of our School of Business, and also served on the
National Advisory Board for the American Studies
Institute. Of course, he is best known for the
endowment of our flagship organization, the Clark
David Belden Center for Private Enterprise Education.
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