Chuck Backus

{{Short description|American educator (born 1937)}}

Charles Edward Backus (born September 17, 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=bks&q=%22Backus,+Charles+Edward%22+1937+arizona+state|title="Backus, Charles Edward" 1937 Arizona State |website=www.google.com|via = Google Search}} was vice president and provost of Arizona State University's east campus until his retirement in 2004.{{Cite web | url=http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/asustory/pages/62acpro.htm |title = The New ASU Story: Academic Freedom – Academic Programs}}

He currently{{When|date=August 2022}} is president of the Arizona State University Research Park, a business and recreational park that is operated by Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona (a suburb of Phoenix). He has endowed a scholarship, at Arizona State University Polytechnic.{{cite web |url=http://students.asu.edu/node/1123 |title=Chuck & Judy Backus Endowment | Arizona State University |accessdate=2010-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222040729/http://students.asu.edu/node/1123 |archivedate=2010-02-22 }}