# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elson-floyd
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:25:05.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elson-floyd"
name: "Elson Floyd"
slug: "elson-floyd"
description: "Elson S. Floyd was an American educator who served as the 10th president of the four-campus Washington State University from May 21, 2007 to June 20, 2015. Floyd was also the first African American to be named president of Washington State University. Floyd also served as president of the University of Missouri System and president of Western Michigan University. Floyd was the Chairman of the Pac-12 CEO Group."
tagline: "American academic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Defense.gov_News_Photo_110507-D-XH843-007_-_Secretary_of_Defense_Robert_M._Gates_and_University_President_Elson_S._Floyd_congratulate_ROTC_cadets_on_their_enlistment_during_the_Washington.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1956-03-01"
deathDate: "2015-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.24
  momentum:             5.384615384615384
  historical:           4.407128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إلسون فلويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "السون فلويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elson_Floyd"
    title: "Elson Floyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elson_Floyd"
    title: "Elson Floyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elson_Floyd"
    title: "Elson Floyd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump