David Lesch

David Lesch is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of History in the Department of History at Trinity University. He received his MA and PhD in Middle East History from Harvard University, and has had 18 books published on a variety of Middle East topics. David has advised the White House in the last five US presidential administrations and has met with and advised high level officials in the Middle East and the United Nations. He appears regularly on national and international radio and television news broadcasts. In 1980, David was the #1 draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he is the subject of a biography entitled, Dodgers to Damascus: David Lesch’s Journey from Baseball to the Middle East.