Kent Fuchs
Kent Fuchs | |
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Fuchs at 2017 National Science Board | |
| 12th President of the University of Florida | |
| Interim August 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Sasse |
| Succeeded by | Donald Landry |
| In office January 1, 2015 – February 6, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Bernie Machen |
| Succeeded by | Ben Sasse |
| 15th Provost of Cornell University | |
| In office January 1, 2009 – November 14, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Martin |
| Succeeded by | Michael I. Kotlikoff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wesley Kent Fuchs November 3, 1954 Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Spouse | Linda Moskeland |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Duke University (BS) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (MS, PhD) Trinity International University (MDiv) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Concurrent error detection in vlsi systems through structure encoding (fault tolerance, self-checking) (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacob 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.