List of Texas A&M University presidents

The list of Texas A&M University presidents includes the previous presidents of Texas A&M University. The current president is Dr. R. Bowen Loftin.

Presidents

Dates in Office President Office Held
July 15, 1876 - November 21, 1879 Thomas Sanford Gathright President
November 22, 1879 - April 1, 1883 John Garland James President
April 1, 1883 - June 26, 1883
June 26, 1883 - July 19, 1883
James Reid Cole Acting President
President
July 23, 1883 - December 11, 1887 Hardaway Hunt Dinwiddie Chairman of the Faculty
January 24, 1888 - July 1, 1890 Louis Lowry Mcinnis, A.M. Chairman of the Faculty
July 1, 1890 - January 20, 1891 William Stuart Lorraine Bringhurst, Ph.D. Acting President
January 20, 1891 - January 3, 1898 Lawrence Sullivan Ross President
January 17, 1898 - July 1, 1898 Roger Haddock Whitlock, M.E. Acting President
July 1, 1898 - December 2, 1901 Lafayette Lumpkin Foster President
December 10, 1901 - July 1, 1902 Roger Haddock Whitlock, M.E. Acting President
July 1, 1902 - September 1, 1905 David Franklin Houston, M.A., LL.D. President
September 8, 1905 - August 7, 1908 Henry Hill Harrington President
September 1, 1908 - October 1, 1913 Robert Teague Milner President
September 1, 1913 - August 24, 1914 Charles Puryear, M.A., LL.D. Acting President
August 25, 1914 - September 1, 1925 William Bennett Bizzell, Ph.D. President
September 3, 1925 - August 7, 1943 Thomas Otto Walton President
August 9, 1943 - May 27, 1944 Frank Cleveland Bolton, M.S. LL.D. Acting President
May 27, 1944 - September 1, 1948 Gibb Gilchrist, C.E. President
September 1, 1948 - June 3, 1950 Frank Cleveland Bolton, M.S. LL.D. President
June 3, 1950 - September 1, 1953 Marion Thomas Harrington, Ph.D. Acting President
September 1, 1953 - December 21, 1956 David Hitchens Morgan, Ph.D. President
December 22, 1956 - September 1, 1957 David Willard Williams, M.S. Acting President
September 1, 1957 - July 1, 1959 Marion Thomas Harrington, Ph.D. President
July 1, 1959 - March 23, 1970 James Earl Rudder, LL.D. President
March 30, 1970 - November 1, 1970 Alvin R. Luedecke, LL.D. Acting President
November 1, 1970 - July 31, 1977 Jack Kenny Williams, Ph.D. President
August 1, 1977 - July 10, 1980 Jarvis E. Miller, Ph.D. President
July 10, 1980 - August 31, 1981 Charles H. Samson, Jr., Ph.D. Acting President
September 1, 1981 - August 31, 1988 Frank Vandiver, Ph.D. President
September 1, 1988 - August 31, 1993 William H. Mobley, Ph.D. President
September 1, 1993 - June 1, 1994 E. Dean Gage. DVM Acting President
July 1, 1994 - July 31, 2002 Ray Bowen, Ph.D President
August 1, 2002 - December 18, 2006 Robert M. Gates, Ph.D President
December 18, 2006 - January 3, 2008 Ed J. Davis Acting President
January 3, 2008 - June 15, 2009 Elsa Murano, Ph.D President
June 15, 2009–present R. Bowen Loftin, Ph.D President

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