Jeffrey Vitter
| Jeffrey S. Vitter | |
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| 17th Chancellor The University of Mississippi |
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Assumed office January 1, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Jones |
| Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor The University of Kansas |
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In office July 1, 2010 – December 31, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Richard W. Lariviere |
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Jeffrey Scott Vitter 1955 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon |
| Children | Jillian, Scott and Audrey |
| Residence | Oxford, Mississippi |
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University of Notre Dame (B.S) Duke University (M.B.A) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Profession | Educator, computer scientist |
| Website | Office of the Chancellor |
Jeffrey Scott Vitter is a U.S. computer scientist and academic administrator. Born in 1955 in New Orleans, Vitter has served in several senior higher education administration posts. He is currently the chancellor of the University of Mississippi. He assumed the chancellor position on January 1, 2016. His formal investiture to the chancellorship took place on November 10, 2016, at the University of Mississippi's Oxford Campus.
Vitter was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned a bachelor of science in mathematics with highest honors from the University of Notre Dame in 1977, a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University under the supervision of Donald Knuth in 1980 and a master of business administration from Duke University in 2002.
Vitter was unanimously named as the 17th chancellor of the University of Mississippi by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) on October 29, 2015 and began duties on January 1, 2016.
Previously since 2010, Vitter was provost and executive vice chancellor and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. As provost, Dr. Vitter was the chief academic and operations officer for the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. He co-chaired the development of the KU strategic plan Bold Aspirations and has overseen the creation of the first-ever university-wide KU Core curriculum, expansion of the Schools of Engineering and Business, boosting multidisciplinary research and funding around four strategic initiatives, major growth of technology commercialization and corporate partnerships, and administrative reorganization and efficiency.
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