Bernie Machen


James Bernard Machen is an American university professor and administrator. Machen is a native of Mississippi, and earned several academic degrees before becoming a university administrator and president. Machen had been the president of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah and the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He also sits on the SanfordBurnham Medical Research Institutes Board of Trustees. On June 8, 2012, Machen announced he would be stepping down as president in 2013. However, in January 2013, it was announced that Machen would continue serving as the President of University of Florida.

Machen was born in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1944, and grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with his bachelors degree in 1966, and was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity . He also graduated from Saint Louis University with his doctor of dental surgery degree in 1968, from the University of Iowa with a master of science degree in pediatric dentistry in 1972 and a doctor of philosophy degree in educational psychology in 1974.

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