Kent Fuchs

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wesley Kent Fuchs (Template:IPAc-en; born 1954) is an American electrical engineer. He served as the 12th president of the University of Florida from 2015 to 2023 and as the provost of Cornell University from 2009 to 2014.

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, and will serve until a new president is appointed.[1]

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.[2]

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. He was the Joseph Silbert dean of the Cornell University College of Engineering, from 2002 to 2008.

He was the fifteenth provost of Cornell University in October 2008. 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]

National Science Board

On September 16, 2016, U.S. president Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Fuchs as a member of the National Science Board and National Science Foundation.[9] He is a member of the board's class of 2016–2022.[10]

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.[11][12][13] After the university blocked its professors from providing testimony in court, the University of Florida's accreditor started an investigation into the university.[11]

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, and will serve until a new president is appointed.[1]

Personal

Fuchs is married to Linda Moskeland Fuchs, who previously taught at The King's Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida. They have four children, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and three grandchildren.[14]

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