Kent Fuchs

Kent Fuchs
12th President of the University of Florida
Interim
August 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025
Preceded byBen Sasse
Succeeded byDonald Landry
In office
January 1, 2015 – February 6, 2023
Preceded byBernie Machen
Succeeded byBen Sasse
15th Provost of Cornell University
In office
January 1, 2009 – November 14, 2014
Preceded byCarolyn Martin
Succeeded byMichael I. Kotlikoff
Personal details
BornWesley Kent Fuchs
(1954-11-03) November 3, 1954
Oklahoma, U.S.
SpouseLinda Moskeland
Children4
EducationDuke University (BS)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (MS, PhD)
Trinity International University (MDiv)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
Institutions
ThesisConcurrent error detection in vlsi systems through structure encoding (fault tolerance, self-checking) (1985)
Doctoral advisorJacob A. Abraham

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.