John Wells Kuykendall was the 15th president of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
Graduating from Davidson in 1959, Kuykendall went on to receive a bachelor in divinity from Union Theological Seminary and then more advanced degrees from Yale Divinity School and Princeton University.
He eventually became a professor of religion and campus pastor at Auburn University.
[1] As president, Kuykendall focused on expanding the endowment, specifically in overseeing a $160 million capital campaign, which was the largest capital campaign for a liberal arts college at that time.
After retiring as president, Kuykendall served as interim president after Thomas W. Ross resigned and stayed on until Carol Quillen was appointed.