Kent Fuchs
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| 12th President of the University of Florida | |
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| Preceded by | Ben Sasse |
| Succeeded by | Donald Landry |
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| Preceded by | Bernie Machen |
| Succeeded by | Ben Sasse |
| 15th Provost of Cornell University | |
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| Preceded by | Carolyn Martin |
| Succeeded by | Michael I. Kotlikoff |
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| Born | Wesley Kent Fuchs Script error: No such module "person date". Oklahoma, U.S. |
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| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Linda Moskeland |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Duke University (BS) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (MS, PhD) Trinity International University (MDiv) |
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Wesley Kent Fuchs (/fɒks/; born 1954) is an American electrical engineer who served as the 12th president of the University of Florida from January 2015 to February 2023, and again as interim president from August 2024 to August 2025.
Fuchs served as the 15th provost of Cornell University from January 2009 to November 2014, and as dean of the Cornell University College of Engineering from 2002 to 2008.
Education
Fuchs received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Duke University in North Carolina in 1977, a Master of Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1982, a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois in 1984, and a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical and communications engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1985.[1]
Career
Fuchs was a professor in the electrical and computer engineering department and the coordinated science laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, from 1985 to 1996. He was head of the school of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University from 1996 to 2002. While at Purdue he was appointed to the Michael J. and Katherine R. Birck distinguished professorship.[citation needed]
Cornell University
Fuchs was the Joseph Silbert dean of the Cornell University College of Engineering from 2002 to 2008.[citation needed]
In October 2008, Fuchs was appointed the 15th provost of Cornell University.[2] In 2011, he led in the team and strategy that resulted in the winning proposal, in partnership with the Technion and New York City, to create a new graduate applied sciences campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.[3] The Cornell Tech campus reported to him as provost.[4] In 2009, Fuchs launched Cornell's re-imagining initiative that resulted in enhanced efficiency in administrative services.[5] As provost, Fuchs was also responsible for transforming Cornell's budget model.[6] In 2010, he led the development of Cornell's Strategic Plan[7] and the establishment of metrics for assessing Cornell's academic stature.[8]
University of Florida
He served as the 12th president of the University of Florida from 2015 to 2023. As the president of the university, Fuchs barred three professors from testifying in a voting rights lawsuit against Florida governor Ron DeSantis over Senate Bill 90.[9][10][11] After the university blocked its professors from providing testimony in court, the University of Florida's accreditor started an investigation into the university.[9]
In January 2022, Fuchs announced that he would step down as president of the University of Florida, though he might stay at the university and return to the faculty. He was succeeded by Ben Sasse, a former U.S. senator from Nebraska. After Sasse resigned on July 31, 2024, Fuchs returned as interim president on August 1, 2024 through August 30, 2025.[12]
Social engagement
On September 16, 2016, United States president Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Fuchs as a member of the National Science Board and the National Science Foundation.[13] He was a member of the board's class of 2016–2022.[14]
Personal life
Fuchs is married to Linda Moskeland Fuchs, who previously taught at The King's Academy in the city of West Palm Beach, Florida. They have four children, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and three grandchildren.[15]
See also
- List of Duke University people
- List of University of Florida presidents
- List of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign people
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."W. Kent Fuchs". Cornell University College of Engineering. Archived from the original on June 4, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."After Months of Search, Kent Fuchs Named as University Provost". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Blumenstyk, Goldie (December 16, 2011). "Cornell U. Is Winner of Competition for NYC Science Campus, as Stanford Pulls Out". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cornell Tech". Cornell Tech. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Plans to improve operations, cut costs are moving ahead | Cornell Chronicle". www.news.cornell.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Provost outlines university's new budget model | Cornell Chronicle". www.news.cornell.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cornell University: A Strategic Plan : Strategic Plan". www.cornell.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Strategic Metrics". irp.dpb.cornell.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."U. of Florida's Accreditor Will Investigate Denial of Professors' Voting-Rights Testimony". www.chronicle.com. 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."University of Florida bars faculty from testifying in voting rights lawsuit against DeSantis administration". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wines, Michael (October 29, 2021). "Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kent Fuchs expected to serve as interim UF president after Sasse resignation". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fry, Paige. "President Obama plans to appoint President Fuchs". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ W. Kent Fuchs. Biography National Science Board. Retrieved September 18, 2021
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Florida, University of. "Office of the President - University of Florida". our12thpresident.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
External links
- Faculty web site
- W. Kent Fuchs named CU's 15th provost
- Provost Kent Fuchs reflects on Cornell's future and his own
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