President of the University of Florida

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The President of the University of Florida is the university president of the University of Florida. The University of Florida campus is in Gainesville, Florida; it is the flagship university in the State University System of Florida. Although the institution was historically founded in 1853, it officially became the University of Florida in 1905.[1]

The 16th and current president is J. Bernard "Bernie" Machen, who has served since 2003.

[edit] List of Presidents

President Year
Andrew Sledd 1905-1909
Albert A. Murphree 1909-1927
James Farr 1927-1928
John J. Tigert 1928-1947
Harold Hume 1947-1948
J. Hillis Miller, Sr. 1948-1953
John S. Allen 1953-1955
J. Wayne Reitz 1955-1967
Stephen C. O'Connell 1967-1973
E. T. York 1973-1974
Robert Q. Marston 1974-1984
Marshall Criser 1984-1989
Robert A. Bryan 1989-1990
John V. Lombardi 1990-1999
Charles E. Young 1999-2003
J. Bernard "Bernie" Machen 2003-present
Presidents of the University of Florida
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