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1895-1896* 1896-1899 1899-1905 1905-1908 1908-1914 1914-1916 1916-1923 1923-1924 1924-1927 1927-1937 1937-1939 1939-1944 1944-1946 1946-1952 1952 1953-1960 1960-1961 1961** 1961-1963 1967-1970 1970-1971 1971-1974 1974-1975 1975-1979 1979-1985 1985-1992 1992-1993 1993-1997 1997-1998 1998-2006 Leslie Waggener, M.A., LL.D., ad interim George Tayloe Winston, M.A., LL.D. William Lambdin Prather, B.L., LL.D. David Franklin Houston, M.A., LL.D. Sidney Edward Mezes, Ph.D., LL.D. William James Battle, Ph.D., D.C.L., LL.D., ad interim Robert Ernest Vinson, D.D., LL.D. William Seneca Sutton, M.A., LL.D., ad interim Walter Marshall William Splawn, Ph.D., LL.D. Harry Yandell Benedict, Ph.D., LL.D. John William Calhoun, M.A., LL.D., ad interim Homer Price Rainey, Ph.D., LL.D. Theophilus Shickel Painter, Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., M.N.A.S., Acting President Theophilus Shickel Painter, Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., M.N.A.S., President James Clay Dolley, Ph.D., Acting President Logan Wilson, Ph.D., LL.D. Harry Huntt Ransom, Ph.D., Litt.D., LL.D., L.H.D. Harry Huntt Ransom, Ph.D., Litt.D., LL.D., L.H.D. Acting President Joseph Royall Smiley, Ph.D. Norman Hackerman, Ph.D. Bryce Jordan, Ph.D., ad interim Stephen Hopkins Spurr, Ph.D. Lorene Lane Rogers, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.A.I.C., ad interim Lorene Lane Rogers, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.A.I.C. Peter Tyrrell Flawn, Ph.D. William H. Cunningham, Ph.D. William S. Livingston, Ph.D., Acting President Robert M. Berdahl, Ph.D. Peter Tyrrell Flawn, Ph.D., ad interim Larry R. Faulkner, Ph.D.
* From 1883-1895 the chairman of the faculty acted as the University's chief executive officer. ** From 1963-1967 the Chancellor of the UT System, Harry Huntt Ransom, assumed the duties of president.

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