Kevin J Worthen

Kevin J Worthen
13th President of Brigham Young University
In office
May 1, 2014 – May 1, 2023
Preceded byCecil O. Samuelson
Succeeded byC. Shane Reese
Personal details
Born (1956-04-15) April 15, 1956 (age 68)
Dragerton, Utah, U.S.
SpousePeggy Sealey Worthen
Children3
EducationBrigham Young University (BA, JD)
ProfessionAcademic administrator, professor of law, attorney
WebsiteBYU's Office of the President

Kevin J Worthen (born April 15, 1956)[1] is an American professor who served as the 13th president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2014 to 2023. From 2010 to 2021, he also served as an area seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[2] Worthen served previously at BYU as the Advancement Vice President and as dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCL).

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ For verification of his area seventy tenure starting, see this article, and for verification of his release as an area seventy, see this article.
  3. ^ "President Worthen accepts two distinguished appointments". 25 May 2023.