David Orr Belcher, a former provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a pianist, died Sunday. He was 60 years old.
The cause of death was brain cancer.
Belcher was chancellor of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. He went there after working at UALR from 2003 to 2011.
As UALR's provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, Belcher served as chief academic officer and was responsible for overseeing academic programs at six colleges within the university and the W.H. Bowen School of Law. He joined the UALR administration after working for Missouri State University from 1988-2003, first as coordinator of keyboard studies in the music department and later as assistant dean and dean of the College of Arts and Letters.
When he lived in Arkansas, he served on the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute board. Belcher also was a member of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service council, which helped plan aspects of the school before its opening in 2005.
Metro on 06/19/2018