Michael T. Benson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael T. Benson
Occupation	Missionary
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1965(1965-02-28)
Age	59
Birthplace	Salt Lake City
Country	United States
Birth City	Utah
Horoscope	Aquarius

Michael T. Benson Biography

Michael T. Benson is one of the most popular and richest Missionary who was born on February 28, 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Michael T. Benson, a college administrator, was born February 28,

1965. He was the most recent president of Eastern Kentucky University. This position was held from August 1, 2013, to January 6, 2020. He was previously president of Southern Utah University and Snow College. In January 2020, he was named Visiting Professor in the Department of the History of Science and Technology of Johns Hopkins University.

Governor Jon M. Huntsman appointed Benson to a four year term as a member of the seven-member Utah Appellate Courts Nominating Commission. Benson was Chair of the Summit League Presidents’ Council, SUU’s Division I sports conference. Benson was also a member of the Cedar City Airport’s Advisory Board. Benson served a two year term as Chair of the Executive Committee for the Utah State Campus Compact. He was a former member of the Zions Bank Central Utah Board of Advisors and the Wells Fargo Southwest Utah Board of Advisors. Other roles include Associate Director of Major Gifts (University of Utah), Consulting historian (Harry S. Truman Library), Academic advisor and essayist (Skirball Culture Center), Visiting lecturer (Brigham Young University), University of Utah, and Research Assistant (U.S. Senate Labor Committee).

In 2015, Benson worked with retired EKU Archivist Charles Hay and senior Damir Siahkoohi and proposed to the EKU Board of Regents that Dr. Mary Roark, Eastern’s “acting” president in 1909-10, be named officially as Eastern’s second president. The Board took this action at its February 2, 2015, meeting. Dr. Mary Roark assumed the presidency when her husband Ruric Nevel Roark died suddenly after a short illness, and was the first female to serve as president of any public college or university in the state of Kentucky. Benson thus became Eastern’s 13th president.

Benson is the author of Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel and, with co-author Hal Boyd, published College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy with the University Press of Kentucky (2018). The volume expands the arguments of Benson and Boyd’s article, “The Public University: The Democratic Purpose of Higher Education.” Their work was nominated for the University of Louisville 2020 Grawemeyer Award in Education. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and former Rhodes Professor of American history at the University of Oxford, Daniel Walker Howe, wrote this about College for the Commonwealth: “Benson and Boyd present a convincing case for why higher education needs and deserves public support. From practical examples they demonstrate how investment in higher education enables a society to rise to the opportunities presented by the future.”

The Utah State Board of Regents appointed Benson as the president of Southern Utah University in November 2006. Benson was elected the president of Southern Utah University on November 10, 2006. This was two weeks after he took office. The largest donation to the school in its history was made by Benson, which was used for the expansion of the Science Complex at SUU. Benson was back in Cedar City in March 2014 to celebrate the end of “The Future is Rising”, which saw Southern Utah University raise a record $105million in seven years.

Michael T. Benson Net Worth

Michael T. Benson is one of the richest Missionary from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael T. Benson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Benson was elected the 14th president at Snow College in 2001. At 36 years old, he was the youngest president of a college or university in the history of Utah System of Higher Education. In his five years as Snow’s president, Benson raised more funds for the school than the previous 117 years.

Celia Benson was Benson’s first wife. They divorced in 2004. They have two children, Emma & Samuel.

On April 5, 2013, it was announced that Benson was unanimously selected to become the 12th president of Eastern Kentucky University as the University’s Board of Regents was seeking a “bold, visionary leader.” He began August 1,

2013. Throughout his more than 25-year career in public higher education, Benson has devoted himself to students and their academic success. He is an accomplished communicator and scholar committed to diversity and expanding global academic opportunities, and is a proven financial manager who is focused on developing and sustaining political and external support for EKU.

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Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Missionary. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael T. Benson celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.

Is Michael Benson LDS?

Benson is a grandson of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and LDS Church President Ezra Taft Benson, and served an LDS mission in Rome, Italy.

Where is Michael Benson from?

Benson was the youngest college president in the history of the Utah System of Higher Education. Born in Utah and raised in Texas and Indiana , Benson has worked and studied abroad for seven years in Italy, England, and Israel.

Who is president of Coastal?

Michael Benson , a 1990 cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University, is president-elect of Coastal Carolina University. He previously served as president of Snow College, Southern Utah University and Eastern Kentucky University.

Who was the 13th president of EKU?

Michael Benson , EKU’s 13th president, and Diaz.

Is Coastal Carolina a conservative school?

Coastal Carolina University #5 Most Liberal Colleges in South Carolina.