Presidents of the University

Mr. John H. Jackson.....1887-1898, 1907-1910 Mr. James E. Givens .....1898-1900 Mr. James S. Hathaway.....1900-1907, 1910-1912 Mr. Green P. Russell.....1912-1923, 1924-1929 Mr. Francis M. Wood .....1923-1924 Dr. Rufus B. Atwood .....1929-1962 Dr. Carl M. Hill.....1962-1975 Dr. William A. Butts .....1975-1982 Mr. Raymond M. Burse.....1982-1989, 2014-2016 Dr. John T. Wolfe, Jr. .....1990-1991 Dr. Mary Levi Smith.....1991-1998 Dr. George Willis Reid .....1998-2002 Dr. Paul E. Bibbins, Jr. (Interim).....2002 Dr. William H. Turner (Interim) .....2003-2004 Dr. Mary Evans Sias .....2004-2014 Dr. Aaron Thompson (Interim).....2016-2017 Dr. M. Christopher Brown II .....2017-2021 Mrs. Clara Ross Stamps (Acting).....2021-present