List of presidents of Florida State University explained

The president of Florida State University is the executive officer of the Florida State University Board of Trustees, and essentially, the leader of the university. Florida State's campus is in Tallahassee, Florida, the state capitol. Although the institution was officially founded on January 24, 1851, it became the state's first Liberal Arts College in 1897.[1]

The school's name did not reach the present form until 1945, going through a number of different names between 1851 and 1945. From 1857 to 1887, the school's leader was given the title of "Principal".[2]

List of presidents

TermPresidentBackground and accomplishments
First
1887–92
George Edgar[3]
Second
1892–97
Alvin Lewis
Third
1897–09
Albert A. Murphree
Fourth
1909–41
Edward Conradi
Fifth
1941–57
Doak S. Campbell
Interim
1957
Albert B. Martin
Sixth
1957–60
Robert M. Strozier
Interim
1960
Milton W. Carothers
Seventh
1960–65
Gordon W. Blackwell
Eighth
1965–69
John E. Champion
Ninth
1969–76
J. Stanley Marshall
Tenth
1976–91
Bernard F. Slige
Eleventh
1991–94
Dale W. Lick
Twelfth
1994–03
Talbot D'Alemberte
Thirteenth
2003–10
T. K. Wetherell
Fourteenth
2010–14
Eric J. Barron He resigned from FSU on April 2, 2014 to accept the position of President at Pennsylvania State University.
Interim
2014
When Eric Barron resigned as president on April 2, 2014, Provost Garnett S. Stokes served as acting president until November 10, 2014, when John Thrasher became president.
Fifteenth
2014–2021
Sixteenth
2021–Present
Richard D. McCullough, a graduate of the University of Texas and Johns Hopkins University, is the university's 16th president. He assumed office Aug. 16, 2021, succeeding President ·John E. Thrasher.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Section 1: History and Mission of the University Faculty Handbook . 2024-07-11 . facultyhandbook.fsu.edu . en.
  2. Web site: Past Presidents and First Ladies . 2024-07-11 . Office of the President . en-US.
  3. Web site: FSU - Office of the President . 2014-11-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106212742/http://president.fsu.edu/The-Presidents-of-FSU . 2014-11-06 .