List of presidents of the University of New Mexico explained

This is a list of University of New Mexico presidents includes all permanent and interim presidents from the beginning of instruction in 1892 to the present.

	Term	Name	Accomplishments
1	1891–1897	Elias S. Stover
2	1897–1901	Clarence L. Herrick
3	1902–1909	William G. Tight
4	1909–1912	Edward D. M. Gray
5	1912–1919	David R. Boyd
6	1919–1927	David S. Hill
7	1927–1944	James Fulton Zimmerman
8	1945–1948	John Philip Wernette
9	1948–1968	Thomas L. Popejoy
10	1968–1975	Ferrel Heady
11	1975–1982	William E. "Bud" Davis
12	1982–1984	John Perovich
13	1985–1986	Tom Farer
14	1986–1990	Gerald May
15	1990–1998	Richard Peck
16	1999–2002	William C. Gordon
17	2002–2003	F. Chris Garcia
18	2003–2006	Louis Caldera
19	2006–2007	David W. Harris
20	2007–2012	David J. Schmidly
21	2012–2016	Robert G. Frank
22	2017–2018	Chaouki T. Abdallah
23	2018–present	Garnett S. Stokes

External links

• University of New Mexico website
• University of New Mexico, Office of the President
• University of New Mexico, University Archives