12 Facts About Kent Fuchs

Wesley Kent Fuchs is an American university professor and academic administrator.

Kent Fuchs was the 12th president of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, serving from 2015 to 2023.

Kent Fuchs previously served as the provost of Cornell University from 2009 through 2014.

In January 2022, Fuchs announced his intention to step down as President so that he may remain at UF and return to faculty.

Kent Fuchs was succeeded by Ben Sasse, a former United States senator from Nebraska.

Kent Fuchs returned to the role in an interim capacity on August 1,2024 until a successor for Sasse, who resigned on July 31,2024, is named.

Kent Fuchs was a professor in the electrical and computer engineering department and the coordinated science laboratory at the University of Illinois, from 1985 to 1996.

Kent Fuchs was head of the school of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University from 1996 to 2002.

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

Kent Fuchs was the fifteenth provost of Cornell University in October 2008.

In 2009 Kent Fuchs launched Cornell's re-imagining initiative that resulted in enhanced efficiency in administrative services.

Kent Fuchs is married to Linda Moskeland Kent Fuchs, who previously taught at The King's Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida.