List of Presidents of the University of Maryland, College Park
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University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
. The President is expected to work cooperatively with the University Senate and the University System of Maryland
University System of Maryland
The University System of Maryland is a public corporation and charter school system comprising 12 Maryland institutions of higher education. It is the 12th-largest university system in the United States, with over 125,000 undergraduate, 43,000 graduate and roughly 13,000 combined full-time and...
Board of Regents to effectively manage the university.
Presidents of the Maryland Agricultural College and Maryland State College
The school was known as the Maryland Agricultural College from its founding until the state of MarylandGovernment of Maryland
The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution. The United States is a federation; consequently, the government of Maryland, like the other 49 state governments, has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders, except as limited by...
assumed control of the university in 1916. It was then renamed the Maryland State College.
- Benjamin Hallowell (1859 – 1860)
- John Work Scott (1860)
- Charles Benedict CalvertCharles Benedict CalvertCharles Benedict Calvert was a U.S. Congressman from the sixth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1861–1863. He was an early backer of the inventors of the telegraph, and in 1856 he founded the Maryland Agricultural College, the first agricultural research college in America, now part of...
(acting, 1860) - John M. Colby (1860 – 1861)
- Henry Onderdonk (1861 – 1864)
- Nicholas Worthington (acting, 1864 – 1867)
- George Washington Custis LeeGeorge Washington Custis LeeGeorge Washington Custis Lee , also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee...
(1867) - Charles MinorCharles MinorFor the character on the US TV series The Office, see Charles Miner.Charles Landon Carter Minor was the first president of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College , Virginia’s new land-grant institution...
(1867 – 1868) - Franklin BuchananFranklin BuchananFranklin Buchanan was an officer in the United States Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War, and commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia.-Early life:...
(1868 – 1869) - Samuel Register (1869 – 1873)
- Samuel Jones (1873 – 1875)
- William H. Parker (1875 – 1882)
- Augustine Smith (1882 – 1887)
- Allen Dodge (acting, 1887 – 1888)
- Henry AlvordHenry Elijah AlvordHenry Elijah Alvord was an American university administrator, educator, and Army officer. He served as the president of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Maryland Agricultural College as well teaching Military Science at Massachusetts Agricultural College Henry Elijah...
(1888 – 1892) - Richard Silvester (1892 – 1912)
- Thomas A. Spence (acting, 1912 – 1913)
- Harry J. Patterson (1913 – 1917)
- Albert F. Woods (1917 – 1926)
Presidents of the University of Maryland
The name of the school was changed to the "University of Maryland" in 1926.- Raymond Pearson (1926 – 1935)
- Harry Clifton "Curley" ByrdCurley ByrdHarry Clifton "Curley" Byrd was an American university administrator, educator, athlete, coach, and politician...
(1935 – 1954) - Thomas B. SymonsThomas B. SymonsThomas Baddeley Symons was an American academic who briefly served as President of the University of Maryland, College Park in 1954.- References :* Archives, University of Maryland.*University of Maryland, ....
(acting, 1954) - Wilson Homer "Bull" ElkinsWilson Homer ElkinsWilson Homer "Bull" Elkins was an American educator and university administrator. He served as the president of the University of Maryland from 1954 to 1978. Elkins received an A.B. and an M.A. from the University of Texas in 1933, where he was also a star college football quarterback...
(1954 – 1978)
Chancellors of the University of Maryland
Following the departure of Wilson Homer Elkins, the Chancellor assumed the responsibilities of the President.- Charles Bishop (1970 – 1974)
- John W. DorseyJohn W. DorseyJohn Wesley Dorsey served as the acting President of the University of Maryland, College Park from 1974 to 1975 and as the acting chancellor of the university from August 1974 to June 1975. Dorsey was born in Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in economics in 1958...
(acting chancellor, 1974 – 1975) - Robert Gluckstern (1975 – 1982)
- William English KirwanWilliam English KirwanWilliam English "Brit" Kirwan is currently the third Chancellor of the University System of Maryland . Prior to that, Kirwan was the 26th President of the University of Maryland, College Park and the 12th President of Ohio State University...
(acting, 1982) - John B. Slaughter (1982 – 1988)
- John S. TollJohn S. TollJohn Sampson Toll was an American physicist and educational administrator.Toll received his bachelor's degree in physics from Yale in 1944, after which he served in the Navy in World War II. He finished his Ph.D...
(1988 – 1989)
Presidents of the University of Maryland
In 1989, the office of the President was re-established following the re-organization of the public schools of Maryland under the new University System of MarylandUniversity System of Maryland
The University System of Maryland is a public corporation and charter school system comprising 12 Maryland institutions of higher education. It is the 12th-largest university system in the United States, with over 125,000 undergraduate, 43,000 graduate and roughly 13,000 combined full-time and...
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- William English KirwanWilliam English KirwanWilliam English "Brit" Kirwan is currently the third Chancellor of the University System of Maryland . Prior to that, Kirwan was the 26th President of the University of Maryland, College Park and the 12th President of Ohio State University...
(1989 – 1998) - C. Daniel Mote, Jr.C. Daniel Mote, Jr.Clayton Daniel Mote, Jr., Ph.D. served as President of the University of Maryland, College Park from September 1998 till August 2010...
(1998 – 2010) - Nariman FarvardinNariman FarvardinNariman Farvardin is President at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. Formerly Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Maryland, College Park, he took office at Stevens on 1 July, 2011....
(acting, 2010) - Wallace LohWallace LohWallace D. Loh, Ph.D. is the current president of the University of Maryland, College Park, having assumed his role on November 1, 2010....
(2010 – present)