Jerry Prevo
Jerry Lee Prevo (born January 12, 1945) is an American academic administrator and retired Baptist minister working as the current president of Liberty University. Early life and education. Prevo was born on January 12, 1945 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to Milan and Aray Phillips Prevo. He graduated from Baptist Bible College. He did graduate work at Belmont University, Tennessee Temple University, the University of Tennessee, and Chapman College. A Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred on him by Hyles–Anderson College. Career. For 47 years, Prevo was a pastor at the Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage, Alaska. In  January 1980, he founded Alaska's chapter of the Moral Majority and began a career boosting Republican politicians. Upon his retirement from the Anchorage Baptist Temple in March 2019, the "Anchorage Daily News" referred to him as the city's "loudest evangelical voice." Prevo was selected by Liberty University's executive committee to serve in an interim position following Jerry Falwell Jr.'s resignation after the release of inappropriate photos featuring Falwell surfaced. Prevo had previously served as the chairman of the university's board of trustees.