Jere Morehead

Jere Wade Morehead (born November 25, 1956) is an American lawyer who is the 22nd president of the University of Georgia. He is also the Josiah Meigs Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, and was previously senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.

Early life and education Jere Morehead was born in Lakeland, Florida, and moved with his family to Atlanta as a teenager. He enrolled at Georgia State University in 1973 at the age of 16, graduating Omicron Delta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977. He went on to attend the University of Georgia School of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor degree in 1980 at the age of 23.

Administrative career Morehead was appointed interim executive director of the University of Georgia Office of Legal Affairs in 1998; in 1999, he became associate provost and director of the university's Honors Program including overseeing the creation of the Washington Semester Program, which has enabled more than 2,000 students to work as interns in the nation's capital. In 2004, he was promoted to vice provost for academic affairs; he then served as vice president for instruction from December 2006 to December 2009. His memberships included vice chair of the university's Research Foundation, a trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation and of the university's Real Estate Foundation, and board memberships of Georgia Research Alliance and Emory University Candler School of Theology.

In late 2009, he was named senior vice president for academic affairs and provost of the University of Georgia. and he assumed office on July 1, 2013.

As a Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, he continues to teach.

UGA's Honors College is named in his honor.