Kevin J Worthen
| Kevin J Worthen | |
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| 13th President of Brigham Young University | |
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Assumed office May 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Cecil O. Samuelson |
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| Born |
April 15, 1956 Dragerton, Utah |
| Nationality | United States |
| Spouse(s) | Peggy Sealey Worthen |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University (B.A., J.D.) College of Eastern Utah (A.S.) |
| Profession | Academic administrator, professor of law, attorney |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Website | BYU's Office of the President |
Kevin J Worthen (born April 15, 1956) is the 13th and current president of Brigham Young University (BYU). He served previously at BYU as the Advancement Vice President and as dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Worthen is an area seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Worthen is a native of Carbon County, Utah and was raised in Dragerton, Utah, the youngest of four children. He served as an LDS missionary in Monterrey, Mexico. Worthen earned an associate's degree from the College of Eastern Utah (CEU), where he was co-captain of the varsity basketball team and graduated co-valedictorian in 1978. While at CEU, Worthen worked summers as a coal miner. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in political science from BYU in 1979.
In 1982, Worthen graduated summa cum laude from BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School at the top of his class. He earned the distinction of Order of the Coif. Following graduation, he clerked for Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and for Associate Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White. He practiced law in Phoenix, Arizona from 1984 to 1987 with the law firm of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon. While practicing law in Arizona, Worthen found that he was very interested in the history of laws, leading him to consider teaching law.
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