Editing David Pryor (section)

===U.S. Senate===
Pryor served as chairman of the [[U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging|Committee on Aging]]. Pryor was known for his advocacy for the aged and for promoting taxpayer rights. During his tenure, he was secretary of the Democratic Conference, third in the Senate Democratic Leadership.

In 2000 Pryor became Director of the Institute of Politics at [[Harvard Kennedy School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. He served as [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the [[Clinton School of Public Service]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] from 2004 to 2006. In June 2006, President [[George W. Bush]] nominated Pryor to the board of the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]], and in September of that year he was confirmed by the Senate for a six-year term. As he had done occasionally in the past, Pryor taught a [[political science]] course at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville during the Fall 2008 term.