List of Texas A&M University presidents
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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
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
. The current president is Dr. R. Bowen Loftin
R. Bowen Loftin
Richard Bowen Loftin , better known as R. Bowen Loftin, is the 24th President of Texas A&M University. On Jan 21, 2010 he was named sole finalist for the position of President of Texas A&M University....
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Presidents
| Dates in Office | President | Office Held |
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| 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 Lawrence Sullivan Ross Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross was the 19th Governor of Texas , a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and a president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.Ross was raised in the Republic of Texas, which was later annexed to... |
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| 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 David F. Houston David Franklin Houston was an American academic, businessman and politician.-Biography:Born in Monroe, North Carolina, he graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1887 and went on to do graduate work at Harvard University, where he received a M.A... , M.A., LL.D. |
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| 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 James Earl Rudder James Earl Rudder was a United States Army Major General, Texas Land Commissioner, and President of Texas A&M University.-Early life:... , LL.D. |
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| 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 Frank Vandiver Frank Everson Vandiver was an American Civil War historian and former president of Texas A&M University and the University of North Texas, as well as acting president of Rice University. Vandiver wrote, co-wrote, or edited 24 books, and wrote an additional 100 scholarly articles or reviews... , Ph.D. |
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| 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 Elsa Murano Elsa Alina Murano was the 23rd President of Texas A&M University. On June 14, 2009, Murano resigned as president of the university, effective June 15, 2009.... , Ph.D |
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| June 15, 2009–present | R. Bowen Loftin R. Bowen Loftin Richard Bowen Loftin , better known as R. Bowen Loftin, is the 24th President of Texas A&M University. On Jan 21, 2010 he was named sole finalist for the position of President of Texas A&M University.... , Ph.D |
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