Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse is the 13th president of the University of Florida and former U.S. Senator from Nebraska (2015-2023).
A fifth-generation Nebraskan and son of a coach, he attended public school in Fremont and worked corn and soybean fields during summers.
He wrestled at Harvard, studied at Oxford, and earned a Ph.D. in American history from Yale.
Before his Senate service, Sasse served five years as president of Midland University.
He and his wife Melissa homeschooled their three children while commuting weekly between Nebraska and Washington, DC, making them perhaps the only commuting family in the Senate.
