Gary L. Miller

Gary L. Miller, Ph.D., took office as the 18th president of The University of Akron on October 1, 2019. He previously served as chancellor at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. Miller has served as chancellor of UW-Green Bay since 2014. His administrative credentials also include roles as chancellor of the University of North Carolina Wilmington; provost and vice president for academic affairs and research at Wichita State University; and dean of the College of the Pacific (arts and sciences) at the University of the Pacific.

He earned a doctorate in biological sciences from Mississippi State University, and co-authored the widely used textbook, Ecology, while serving as a professor and chair of the biology department at the University of Mississippi. Miller earned master’s and bachelor’s degrees in biology from the College of William and Mary.