Kevin J Worthen
Kevin J Worthen | |
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13th President of Brigham Young University | |
In office May 1, 2014 – May 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Cecil O. Samuelson |
Succeeded by | C. Shane Reese |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Website | BYU's Office of the President |
Kevin J Worthen (born April 15, 1956)
In 2023, Worthen was appointed as both the Michael Doyle and Bunny Winter Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School and the first BYU Wheatley Institute Distinguished Fellow in Constitutional Government.[3] He also continues to hold the Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law position at BYU Law School.
Education and Law Experience
The youngest of four children, Worthen is a native of
In 1982, Worthen graduated summa cum laude from BYU's JRCL at the top of his class.
JRCL faculty and BYU administration positions
In 1987, Worthen returned to BYU as a member of the JRCL's faculty and served as its dean from 2004 to 2008.
Worthen has written articles on issues related to Native American law and marriage definition in law. He also wrote an article entitled The NCAA and Religion: Issues of non-state governance that was published in the Utah Law Review.[10]
In June 2008, Worthen was appointed BYU's Advancement Vice President, with responsibility for university relations, communications, athletics, and philanthropies.[11] In 2010 Worthen was made the chair of the membership review committee of the Association of American Law Schools.[6]
BYU president
On March 11, 2014, Henry B. Eyring, First Vice Chairman of the BYU Board of Trustees, announced that effective May 1, 2014, Worthen would succeed Cecil O. Samuelson as the president of BYU.[12] Worthen was officially inaugurated as BYU's 13th president September 9, 2014, in a special devotional assembly. Eyring gave the installation charge and spoke at the event. Other members of the board were also in attendance, along with former BYU presidents and presidents of other universities.[13]
In late 2016, Worthen was pressured by Air Force officials to make an exemption to the honor code so the person the Air Force chose could be placed as head of the ROTC division at BYU, but Worthen refused to budge from the code.[14]
In December 2017, Worthen announced a 10-year-deal that would give BYU students free ridership on the regional bus and commuter rail transit system.[15]
In the fall of 2017, as a follow-up to remarks given by Worthen at the university conference in 2016, BYU created an office of experiential learning, to coordinate and increase internships, volunteer positions and other opportunities to apply learning and professionalize degrees.[16]
Title IX regulations
In April 2016, Worthen announced the appointment of a BYU advisory committee to investigate how to improve handling alleged sexual assault situations involving students.[17][18] In August, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights investigated the university.[18] Based on the BYU committee's recommendations, BYU adopted policies that provided amnesty for honor code investigations for actions taken at or near the time women were sexually assaulted. Other changes included having the Title IX Office report directly to the student life vice president, and the physically separating the location of the two offices, relative to one another. The Title IX Office will include a full-time director.[19][20]
Personal life
Worthen married Peggy Sealey Worthen in 1978 and they are the parents of three children and live in Provo, Utah.[4]
In April 2010, Worthen became an area seventy in the LDS Church.
See also
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6)
- List of J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Worthen, Kevin J. "Kevin J Worthen CV" (PDF). BYU Law. Brigham Young University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ For verification of his area seventy tenure starting, see this article, and for verification of his release as an area seventy, see this article.
- ^ "President Worthen accepts two distinguished appointments". 25 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Kevin J Worthen: Office of the President". president.byu.edu. Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "University of Colorado Law Review vol. 76 issue 4". Colorado Law. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
- ^ a b c Walch, Tad (May 5, 2014), "BYU's new president hailed as brilliant, kind, compassionate", Deseret News, archived from the original on 13 February 2017
- ^ "Kevin J Worthen J.D. Named Brigham Young University's 13th President". Mormon Newsroom. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Marsh, Stephen R. "Models of Assimilation and Diversity". adrr.com. Alternate Dispute Resolution. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Minutes Of The Utah Constitutional Revision Commission" (PDF). Utah State Legislature. February 1, 2002. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- SSRN 1673561.
- ^ "Kevin J Worthen appointed Advancement VP at BYU". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012.
- ^ Rosenlof, Celeste (11 March 2014). "New BYU president named in devotional". KSL. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Hellewell, Emily (15 July 2014). "Inauguration of BYU President Kevin J Worthen to be September 9, 2014". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "With the Pentagon on the telephone, BYU president held his ground on the Honor Code".
- ^ "Deal with BYU, UVU means 100K Utah County residents to receive free bus, train passes".
- ^ BYU creates new Office of Experiential Learning
- ^ "Report of the Advisory Council on Campus Response to Sexual Assault" (PDF). Brigham Young University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b Dodson, Braley (23 August 2016). "BYU's President Worthen addresses sexual assault during faculty meeting". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Walch, Tad (October 26, 2016), "BYU adopts amnesty clause, other 'sweeping changes' to help sexual assault victims", Deseret News, archived from the original on 27 January 2017
- ^ Zauzmer, Julie (26 October 2016). "Brigham Young University announces new amnesty policy for sexual assault victims". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "New General Authorities Called, Primary General Presidency Reorganized". www.mormonnewsroom.org. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "New Area Seventies", Church News, April 24, 2010.
- ^ See this article for details of Worthen's release.
- ^ "Kevin Worthen is leaving 'the Y' to teach at Yale". 30 May 2023.