12 Facts About Jere Morehead

Jere Wade Morehead was born on November 25,1956 and is an American lawyer who is the 22nd president of the University of Georgia.

Jere Morehead is the Josiah Meigs Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, and was previously senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.

Jere Morehead was born in Lakeland, Florida, and moved with his family to Atlanta as a teenager.

Jere Morehead enrolled at Georgia State University in 1973 at the age of 16, graduating Omicron Delta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977.

Jere Morehead went on to attend the University of Georgia School of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor degree in 1980 at the age of 23.

Jere Morehead has held an academic appointment within Terry College ever since, attaining the rank of associate professor in 1992 and full professor in 1999.

Jere Morehead is an author of several books and book chapters, including The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business, he has published scholarly articles on legal topics ranging from export controls to jury selection, and was editor-in-chief of the American Business Law Journal.

Jere Morehead was awarded the Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Terry College of Business Teacher of the Year Award, the Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award, and in 2004, received a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship, one of the University of Georgia's highest honors for a classroom teacher.

Jere Morehead was appointed interim executive director of the University of Georgia Office of Legal Affairs in 1998; in 1999, he became associate provost and director of the university's Honors Program including overseeing the creation of the Washington Semester Program, which has enabled more than 2,000 students to work as interns in the nation's capital.

Jere Morehead's memberships included vice chair of the university's Research Foundation, a trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation and of the university's Real Estate Foundation, and board memberships of Georgia Research Alliance and Emory University Candler School of Theology.

Jere Morehead is the sixth president to be a hire from within the university, with the most recent prior being OC.

In 2021, Jere Morehead received the Circle of Excellence Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.