This list of presidents of the University of Oklahoma includes all fifteen individuals who have served as the president of the University of Oklahoma since the institution was founded in 1890.
The University of Oklahoma is a public university, created and supported by the state of Oklahoma, and it is a designated research university. The campus of the university is located in Norman, and it has facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.[1]
Joseph Harroz Jr. is the fifteenth and current president of the University of Oklahoma, Harroz Jr. succeeded James L. Gallogly on May 9, 2020 after serving as interim president for the previous year. [2]
| Image | Name | Years | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1892–1908 | [3] [4] | |||
| 2 | 1908–1911 | ||||
| – | 1911–1912 | Monnet served as interim president. | [5] | ||
| 3 | 1912–1923 | ||||
| – | 1923–1924 | Buchanan served as interim president before becoming official. | |||
| 4 | 1924–1925 | ||||
| 5 | 1925–1941 | ||||
| 6 | 1941–1943 | ||||
| – | 1943–1944 | Cross served as interim president before becoming official. | |||
| 7 | 1944–1968 | ||||
| 8 | 1968–1970 | ||||
| – | 1970–1971 | McCarter served as interim president. | |||
| 9 | 1971–1978 | ||||
| 10 | 1978–1985 | ||||
| – | 1985 | Jischke served as interim president. | |||
| 11 | 1985–1988 | ||||
| – | 1988–1989 | Swank served as interim president. | |||
| 12 | 1989–1994 | ||||
| – | 1994 | Morris served as interim president. | |||
| 13 | 1994–2018 | ||||
| 14 | 2018–2019 | [6] | |||
| – | 2019–2020 | Harroz served as interim president before becoming official. | |||
| 15 | 2020– | [7] |