[1][2][3][4] Kimball, who also has been a history professor at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1989–1991, is also an author and a public speaker on academic affairs.
The plan focused on attracting and retaining high-quality faculty, student body, and staff, and also investing in facilities and programs such as the $8.5 million Swenson Center for Academic Excellence.
Kimball and his family are members of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Thousand Oaks.
[5] On October 15, 2019, in an email to university faculty, staff, and students, Kimball announced his intention to not extend his contract beyond the end of the 2019–20 school year.
Kimball stated that his decision to leave the university presidency was out of a desire to ″return to teaching, as I had always planned, and to spend time on writing projects, some long overdue.″[6][non-primary source needed]