Jerry Lamon Falwell Jr. (/ˈfɔːlwɛl/; born June 17, 1962) is an American attorney and academic administrator. He served as the president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, appointed in 2007 upon his father's death. On August 7, 2020, the board of Liberty University requested that he take an indefinite leave of absence after a series of controversial photographs of Falwell surfaced on social media.[1]