List of University of Illinois Presidents
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The Presidents of University of Illinois System
and their terms:
University of Illinois system
The University of Illinois is a system of public universities in Illinois consisting of three campuses: Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield. Across its three campuses, the University of Illinois enrolls about 70,000 students. It had an operating budget of $4.17 billion in 2007.-System:The...
and their terms:
| Presidents of the University of Illinois | Presidential Years |
|---|---|
| John Milton Gregory John Milton Gregory John Milton Gregory was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in Michigan in 1858, after several years spent as editor of the Michigan Journal of Education. After leaving office in 1864 he became the second president of Kalamazoo College from 1864 until 1867... |
1867–1880 |
| Selim H. Peabody | 1880–1891 |
| Thomas J. Burrill | 1891–1894 |
| Andrew S. Draper | 1894–1904 |
| Edmund J. James Edmund J. James Edmund Janes James was an American academic, president of the University of Illinois from 1904 to 1920, and the primary founder of, first president of, and first editor for the American Academy of Political and Social Science.... |
1904–1920 |
| David Kinley David Kinley David Kinley was an Scotland-born economist who worked in the United States. He was head of the department of economics of the University of Illinois and later president of the University. As an economist, he was of the classical school, and his main interest was in money and banking... |
1920–1930 |
| Harry W. Chase | 1930–1933 |
| Arthur H. Daniels | 1933–1934 |
| Arthur C. Willard | 1934–1946 |
| George D. Stoddard | 1946–1953 |
| Lloyd Morey | 1953–1955 |
| David H. Henry | 1955–1971 |
| John Corbally | 1971–1979 |
| Stanley O. Ikenberry | 1979–1995 |
| James J. Stukel James J. Stukel James J. Stukel served as the 15th President of the University of Illinois.-Early life:James Stukel was born on March 30, 1937 in Joliet, Illinois to Philip and Julia Stukel. James and his sole sibling, a sister 13 years older than he was, had a modest upbringing. His father, a pulp mill worker,... |
1995–2005 |
| B. Joseph White B. Joseph White Bernard Joseph White is President Emeritus of the University of Illinois and James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is Dean Emeritus of the Stephen M... |
2005–2009 |
| Stanley O. Ikenberry (Interim) | 2010–2010 |
| Michael Hogan Michael Hogan (academic) Michael J. Hogan is an American academic who has served in the administrations or on the faculty of many American universities, wrote or edited numerous books, contributed as an adviser to the U. S. Department of State and several documentaries.... |
2010–present |