Sterling David Sessions (1925-2024) was a former dean of the School of Business and Economics at Weber State University. He was born in Kamas, Utah, to Charles David and Ruth Davies Sessions. He grew up in Provo, Utah, and attended Brigham Young Laboratory School. Sessions served in the US Army during World War II. Upon his discharge, he graduated from Brigham Young University. He married Barbara Bickmore, and together they had seven children.

Sessions received a master’s degree in business administration from New York University in 1950 and then a doctoral degree from Harvard Business School in 1962. He was appointed as a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and was dean of the Stanford-led graduate school ESAN in Lima, Peru, from 1966-1968. He was appointed dean of the School of Business and Economics at Weber State College from 1975-1978. Sessions, through his company Sterling Resources International, Inc., created marketing and strategy materials for various businesses starting in 1970. Sessions co-authored A History of Utah International: From Construction to Mining in 2005, as well as authoring a memoir, Where Safety Lies in 2010. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission in Texas. He also served as a bishop of the BYU 11th Ward and Palo Alto First Ward.