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John Karl Scholz
President, University of Oregon
President, University of Oregon
Background
John Karl Scholz is an American economist who has been the 19th president of the University of Oregon since 2023.
The UO Board of Trustees unanimously selected him on March 13, 2023, and he began his tenure on July 1, 2023. Before Oregon, he was provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a role he had held since August 2019.
About University of Oregon
University of Oregon: University of Oregon is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. In September 2026 it received a $1 billion commitment from Phil and Penny Knight to establish a college of engineering, described as the largest gift ever given to a comprehensive public university.
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