UT ARLINGTON (formerly Arlington State College in The Texas A&M University System; transferred by Texas Legislature to UT System on April 23, 1965) |
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| 12/1/1958 - 6/30/1959 | Acting President Jack R. Woolf (Died 6/12/2014) |
| 7/1/1959 - 9/1/1968 | President Jack R. Woolf (Died 6/10/2014) (Emeritus title granted in 1968) |
| 9/1/1968 - 6/30/1969 | Acting President Frank Harrison (Died 8/9/2013) |
| 7/1/1969 - 11/3/1972 | President Frank Harrison (Died 8/9/2013) |
| 11/4/1972 - 1/31/1974 | Acting President Wendell H. Nedderman (Died 5/8/2019) |
| 2/1/1974 - 8/31/1992 | President Wendell H. Nedderman (Emeritus title granted 6/11/1992; effective 9/1/1992) (Died 5/8/2019) |
| 9/1/1992 - 5/31/1995 | President Ryan C. Amacher (Died 11/25/2018) |
| 6/1/1995 - 2/29/1996 | Interim President Robert E. Witt |
| 3/1/1996 - 2/28/2003 | President Robert E. Witt |
| 3/1/2003 - 1/31/2004 | President ad Interim Charles A. Sorber (Died 10/18/2013) |
| 2/1/2004 - 5/31/2013 | President James D. Spaniolo (Emeritus title granted 5/5/2022) |
| 6/1/2013 - 3/19/2020 | President Vistasp M. Karbhari |
| 3/20/2020 - 4/30/2020 | Administrator in Charge Teik C. Lim |
| 5/1/2020 - | President ad interim Teik C. Lim |
UT AUSTIN (formerly Main University of Texas at Austin effective by Texas Legislature on May 27, 1966) |
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| 9/7/1895 - 6/30/1896 | President ad interim Leslie Waggener (Died 8/19/1896) |
| 7/1/1896 - 9/15/1899 | President George Tayloe Winston (Died 8/26/1932) |
| 11/4/1899 - 7/24/1905 | President William Lambdin Prather (Died in office 7/24/1905) |
| 7/24/1905 - 9/1/1905 | Acting President Thomas Stalworth Henderson (Note: also served as Regent during this time frame) (Died 2/17/1937) |
| 9/1/1905 - 9/1/1908 | President David Franklin Houston (Died 9/2/1940) |
| 9/1/1908 - 12/15/1914 | President Sidney Edward Mezes (Emeritus title granted 12/14/1929) (Died 9/10/1931) |
| 11/16/1914 - 6/30/1916 | Acting President William James Battle (Died 10/9/1955) |
| 7/1/1916 - 6/30/1923 | President Robert Ernest Vinson (Died 9/2/1945) |
| 7/1/1923 - 7/31/1924 | President ad interim William Seneca Sutton (Died 11/26/1928) |
| 8/1/1924 - 9/1/1927 | President Walter Marshall William Splawn (Died 1/17/1963) |
| 9/1/1927 - 5/10/1937 | President Harry Yandell Benedict (Died in office 5/10/1937) |
| 5/12/1937 - 5/31/1937 | Comptroller John William Calhoun and Dean H. T. Parlin handled University matters |
| 6/1/1937 -5/31/1939 | President ad interim John William Calhoun (Died 7/7/1947) |
| 6/1/1939 - 11/1/1944 | President Homer Price Rainey (Died 12/19/1985) |
| 11/2/1944 - 5/23/1946 | Acting President Theophilus Shickel Painter (Died 10/5/1969) |
| 5/24/1946 - 8/31/1952 | President Theophilus Shickel Painter (Died 10/5/1969) |
| 9/1/1952 - 1/31/1953 | Acting President James Clay Dolley (Died 7/28/1977) |
| 2/1/1953 - 8/31/1960 | President Logan Wilson (Died 11/7/1990) (Note: also served as Acting Chancellor 1/2/1954 to 9/30/1954, President of the University of Texas 10/1/1954 to 8/31/1960, and Chancellor 9/1/1960 to 3/31/1961) |
| 9/1/1960 - 5/31/1961 | President ad interim Harry Huntt Ransom (Died 4/19/1976) |
| 6/1/1961 - 6/30/1963 | President Joseph Royall Smiley (Died 5/25/1990) |
| 7/1/1963 - 11/1/1967 | President Harry Huntt Ransom (Died 4/19/1976) (Note: also served as Chancellor from 6/30/1961 to 1/1/1971) (Note: From 7/1/1963, the Board of Regents consolidated the administration of the System and the Main University through November 1, 1967) |
| 11/1/1967 - 9/1/1970 | Acting President Norman Hackerman (Emeritus title granted 8/10/2006) (Died 6/16/2007) |
| 7/1/1970 - 7/1/1971 | President ad interim Bryce Jordan (Emeritus title granted 8/10/2006) (Died 4/12/2016) |
| 7/9/1971 - 9/24/1974 | President Stephen Hopkins Spurr (Died 6/20/1990) |
| 9/25/1974 - 9/11/1975 | President ad interim Lorene Lane Rogers (Died 1/11/2009) |
| 9/12/1975 - 8/31/1979 | President Lorene Lane Rogers (Emeritus title granted 2/8/1990) (Died 1/11/2009) |
| 9/1/1979 - 8/31/1985 | President Peter T. Flawn (Emeritus title granted and effective 9/1/1985) (Died 5/7/2017) |
| 9/1/1985 - 8/31/1992 | President William H. Cunningham |
| 9/1/1992 - 12/31/1992 | Acting President William S. Livingston (Died 8/15/2013) |
| 1/1/1993 - 6/30/1997 | President Robert M. Berdahl |
| 7/1/1997 - 4/12/1998 | President ad interim Peter T. Flawn (Emeritus title granted and effective 9/1/1985) (Died 5/7/2017) |
| 4/13/1998 - 1/31/2006 | President Larry R. Faulkner (Emeritus title granted 2/9/2006) |
| 2/1/2006 - 6/2/2015 | President William C. Powers, Jr. (Died 3/10/2019) (Emeritus title granted 11/19/2020) |
| 6/3/2015 - 5/31/2020 | President Gregory L. Fenves |
| 6/1/2020 - 9/22/2020 | President ad interim Jay C. Hartzell |
| 9/23/2020 - | President Jay C. Hartzell |
UT BROWNSVILLE (established September 1, 1991; closed September 1, 2016) |
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| 9/1/1991 - 12/31/1991 | President Homer J. Peña (Founding President) Started service as President of Pan American University at Brownsville in 1980 (Emeritus title granted 8/10/2006) |
| 1/1/1992 - 8/31/2014 | President Juliet V. García |
| 9/1/2014 - 8/31/2015 | Interim Chief Executive Officer William Richard Fannin |
| 9/1/2015 - 9/1/2016 | Chief Executive Officer Janna Arney |
UT DALLAS (formerly Graduate Research Center of the Southwest effective February 14, 1961; renamed Southwest Center for Advanced Studies effective January 1, 1967; joined UT System on September 1, 1969) |
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| 9/1/1969 - 6/30/1971 | Acting President Francis S. Johnson (Died 9/17/2009) |
| 7/1/1971 - 8/31/1981 | President Bryce Jordan (Emeritus title granted 8/10/2006) (Died 4/12/2016) |
| 9/1/1981 - 5/15/1982 | Acting President Alexander L. Clark (Died 5/31/2009) |
| 5/16/1982 - 8/31/1994 | President Robert H. Rutford (Emeritus title granted 7/11/2007) (Died 12/1/2019) |
| 9/1/1994 - 5/31/2005 | President Franklyn G. Jenifer (Emeritus title granted 11/10/2005) |
| 6/1/2005 - 6/30/2015 | President David E. Daniel (Resigned effective 6/30/2015 to become Deputy Chancellor at UT System) (President Emeritus title granted 11/15/2018) |
| 7/1/2015 - 7/14/2016 | Interim President B. Hobson Wildenthal (Died 9/4/2021) |
| 7/15/2016 - | President Richard C. Benson |
UT EL PASO (formerly Texas School of Mines and Metallurgy; renamed College of Mines and Metallurgy in 1920; renamed Texas Western College in 1949; joined UT System in 1919) |
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| 5/1/1914 - 11/30/1922 | Dean Steven Howard Worrell (Deceased) |
| 12/1/1922 - 8/31/1923 | Acting Dean John William Kidd (Died 12/29/1941) |
| 9/1/1923 - 8/31/1927 | Dean John William Kidd (Died 12/29/1941) |
| 9/1/1927 - 7/10/1931 | Dean Charles Alexander Puckett (Unable to verify emeritus status) (Died 2/1/1970) |
| 7/11/1931 - 5/15/1934 | President John Gerald Barry (Died 9/28/1963) |
| 5/16/1934 - 8/31/1935 | Acting President Charles Alexander Puckett (Unable to verify emeritus status) (Died 2/1/1970) |
| 9/1/1935 - 8/31/1948 | President Dossie Marion Wiggins (Unable to verify emeritus status) (Died 9/1/1978) |
| 9/1/1948 - 12/31/1948 | Ad Interim President Eugene McRae Thomas (Unable to verify emeritus status) (Died 4/2/1980) |
| 1/1/1949 - 8/31/1954 | President Wilson Homer Elkins (Unable to verify emeritus status) (Died 3/17/1994) |
| 9/1/1954 - 6/14/1955 | Acting President Alvin Arlton Smith (Deceased) |
| 6/15/1955 - 8/31/1958 | President Dysart Edgar Holcomb (Died 2/26/2010) |
| 9/1/1958 - 7/31/1960 | President Joseph R. Smiley (Died 5/25/1990) |
| 8/1/1960 - 8/14/1960 | Acting President Anton Berkman (Died 5/1/1973) |
| 8/15/1960 - 8/31/1968 | President Joseph M. Ray (Died 6/20/1991) |
| 9/1/1968 - 5/31/1969 | Acting President Robert Milton Leech |
| 6/1/1969 - 12/22/1972 | President Joseph R. Smiley (Died 5/25/1990) |
| 12/22/1972 - 7/14/1980 | President Arleigh B. Templeton (Died 10/28/2006) |
| 7/14/1980 - 6/30/1987 | President Haskell M. Monroe, Jr. (Died 11/13/2017) |
| 7/1/1987 - 2/10/1988 | Interim President Diana S. Natalicio (Died 9/24/2021) |
| 2/11/1988 - 8/14/2019 | President Diana S. Natalicio (President Emerita title granted 8/14/2019) (Died 9/24/2021) |
| 8/15/2019 - | President Heather Wilson |
UT PAN AMERICAN (formerly Edinburg College; formerly Edinburg Junior College; formerly Pan American College; and formerly Pan American University; joined UT System in 1989; closed August 31, 2015) |
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| 9/1/1989 - 8/22/2004 | President Miguel A. Nevárez (began service at Pan American University in 1981) (Emeritus title granted 8/22/2013) |
| 8/23/2004 - 1/30/2009 | President Blandina (Bambi) Cárdenas |
| 2/16/2009 - 11/11/2009 | Interim President Charles A. Sorber (Died 10/18/2013) |
| 11/12/2009 -12/31/2009 | President-Designate Robert S. Nelsen |
| 1/1/2010 - 9/2/2014 | President Robert S. Nelsen |
| 9/3/2014 - 8/31/2015 | Interim Chief Executive Officer Havidán Rodríguez |
UT PERMIAN BASIN (formerly The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; joined UT System in 1969) |
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| 4/1/1970 - 12/20/1974 | President B. H. Amstead (Died 11/10/2016) |
| 12/1974 - 9/11/1975 | President ad interim V. R. Cardozier (Died 11/2/2014) |
| 9/12/1975 - 9/1982 | President V. R. Cardozier (Died 11/2/2014) |
| 10/1/1982 - 8/11/1983 | Acting President Donald T. Rippey (Died 3/16/2016) |
| 8/12/1983 - 11/1991 | President Duane M. Leach (Died 9/3/2021) |
| 1/1/1992 - 4/30/1993 | Interim President Edwin R. Sharpe, Jr. |
| 5/1/1993 - 5/31/2001 | President Charles A. Sorber (Died 10/18/2013) (Emeritus title granted and effective 2/6/2014) |
| 6/11/2001 - 6/30/2017 | President W. David Watts |
| 7/1/2017 - | President Sandra K. Woodley |
UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY (authorized by the Texas Legislature in 2013) |
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| 6/15/2014 - | President Guy H. Bailey |
UT SAN ANTONIO (joined UT System in 1969) |
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| 5/10/1970 - 12/21/1972 | President Arleigh B. Templeton (Died 10/28/2006) |
| 12/26/1972 - 1/5/1973 | Acting President Peter T. Flawn (Emeritus title granted and effective 8/23/2012) (Died 5/7/2017) |
| 1/6/1973 - 12/31/1977 | President Peter T. Flawn (Emeritus title granted and effective 8/23/2012) (Died 5/7/2017) |
| 1/1/1978 - 2/7/1979 | Acting President James W. Wagener |
| 2/8/1979 - 8/31/1989 | President James W. Wagener |
| 9/1/1989 - 2/7/1990 | Acting President M. Dan Williams |
| 2/8/1990 - 5/16/1999 | President Samuel A. Kirkpatrick |
| 5/17/1999 - 3/2/2017 | President Ricardo Romo |
| 3/3/2017 - 8/31/2017 | Interim President Pedro Reyes (served as Acting President from 2/14/2017 to 3/2/2017) |
| 9/1/2017 - | President T. Taylor Eighmy |
UT TYLER (aligned with U. T. Health Science Center - Tyler on December 21, 2020; formerly Tyler State College in 1971; renamed Texas Eastern University in 1975; joined UT System September 1, 1979) |
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| 9/1/1972 - 6/30/1981 | President James H. Stewart, Jr. (Emeritus title granted 2/10/2005) |
| 7/2/1981 - 7/31/1981 | Acting President John R. Sawyer |
| 8/1/1981 - 6/30/1998 | President George F. Hamm (Emeritus title granted 5/8/2003) (Died 10/10/2010) |
| 7/1/1998 - 12/31/2016 | President Rodney H. Mabry (Emeritus title granted 11/19/2020) |
| 1/1/2017 - 1/3/2021 | President Michael V. Tidwell |
| 1/4/2021 - | President Kirk A. Calhoun |
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER (joined UT System in 1949 - formerly UT Southwestern Medical School at Dallas; UT Health Science Center - Dallas) |
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| 7/31/1946 - 8/31/1950 | Dean William Lee Hart (Deceased) |
| 9/1/1950 - 10/10/1951 | Dean Carl A. Moyer (Deceased) |
| 10/11/1951 - 12/31/1951 | Acting Dean James A. Gill (Died 8/18/1979) |
| 1/1/1952 - 8/31/1954 | Dean George N. Aagaard (Died 5/7/1997) |
| 9/18/1954 - 1/27/1955 | Acting Dean James A. Gill (Died 8/18/1979) |
| 1/28/1955 - 6/30/1967 | Dean James A. Gill (Died 8/18/1979) |
| 7/1/1967 - 10/19/1972 | Dean Charles C. Sprague (Died 9/17/2005) |
| 10/20/1972 - 8/31/1986 | President Charles C. Sprague (Emeritus title granted 7/12/1986; effective 9/1/1986) (Died 9/17/2005) |
| 9/1/1986 - 9/1/2008 | President C. Kern Wildenthal (Emeritus title granted 12/12/2013) |
| 9/2/2008 - | President Daniel K. Podolsky |
UT MEDICAL BRANCH - GALVESTON (began operations in 1891) |
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| 1891 - 9/17/1897 | Dean John Fannin Young Paine (Died 10/2/1912) |
| 9/18/1897 - 5/14/1898 | Dean Allen John Smith (Died 8/19/1926) |
| 5/16/1898 - 6/15/1901 | Dean Henry Pendleton Cooke (Died 8/8/1925) |
| 6/15/1901 - 8/31/1903 | Dean Allen John Smith (Died 8/19/1926) |
| 9/1/1903 - 2/10/1922 | Dean William Spencer Carter (Died 5/12/1944) |
| 2/10/1922 - 3/16/1926 | Dean William Keiller (Died 2/22/1931) |
| 3/16/1926 - 8/31/1928 | Acting Dean Henry C. Hartman (Died 5/16/1963) |
| 9/1/1928 - 4/17/1935 | Dean George Emmett Bethel (Died 4/17/1935) |
| 6/1/1935 - 8/31/1938 | Dean William Spencer Carter (Died 5/12/1944) |
| 9/1/1938 - 1/1/1939* | Acting Dean Byron M. Hendrix (Died 6/12/2003) |
| 11/1/1938* - 2/28/1942 | Dean John William Spies (Died 7/1/1971) (*Byron M. Hendrix served from 11/1/1938 through 1/1/1939 while John William Spies was on leave of absence) |
| 8/1/1942 - 8/31/1955 | Executive Vice President and Dean Chauncey D. Leake (Died 1/11/1978) |
| 9/1/1955 - 3/31/1956 | Chairman Truman G. Blocker, Jr. (Died 5/17/1984) |
| 3/31/1956 - 8/31/1964 | Executive Director and Dean John B. Truslow (Died 3/10/1983) |
| 9/1/1964 - 1/31/1974 | President Truman G. Blocker, Jr. (Died 5/17/1984) |
| 2/1/1974 - 8/31/1974 | President Designate William C. Levin (Emeritus title granted 2/12/1998) (Died 1/28/2013) |
| 9/1/1974 - 8/13/1987 | President William C. Levin (Emeritus title granted 2/12/1998) (Died 1/28/2013) |
| 8/13/1987 - 9/30/1997 | President Thomas N. James (Died 9/11/2010) |
| 10/1/1997 - 8/31/2007 | President John D. Stobo (Emeritus title granted 10/8/2008; effective 10/15/2008) |
| 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2019 | President David L. Callender |
| 9/1/2019 - 10/4/2021 | Interim President Ben G. Raimer |
| 10/5/2021 - | President Ben G. Raimer |
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER - HOUSTON (formerly Texas Dental College and UT Medical School at Houston; joined UT System in 1970) |
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| 1/1/1970 - 11/3/1972 | Dean of UT Medical School at Houston, Cheves McCord Smythe (Died 5/11/2020) |
| 11/4/1972 - 3/31/1974 | Acting President John V. Olson (Died 6/4/1995) |
| 4/1/1974 - 4/15/1977 | President Charles A. Berry (Died 3/1/2020) |
| 4/15/1977 - 8/31/1978 | Acting President Truman G. Blocker, Jr. (Died 5/17/1984) |
| 9/1/1978 - 9/1987 | President Roger J. Bulger |
| 9/1987 - 9/15/1989 | Interim President John C. Ribble |
| 10/1/1989 - 8/31/2000 | President M. David Low (Died 6/15/2018) |
| 9/1/2000 - 3/31/2001 | Interim President James T. Willerson (Died 9/16/2020) (Emeritus title granted 11/19/2020) |
| 4/1/2001 - 7/31/2008 | President James T. Willerson (Died 9/16/2020) (Emeritus title granted 11/19/2020) |
| 8/1/2008 - 3/31/2011 | President Lawrence R. Kaiser |
| 4/1/2011 – 10/21/2012 | Interim President Giuseppe N. Colasurdo |
| 10/22/2012 - | President Giuseppe N. Colasurdo |
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER - SAN ANTONIO (authorized to join UT System in 1959) |
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| 9/1/1962 - 1/1/1965 | Dean (South Texas Medical School) Robert C. Berson (Deceased) |
| 1/1/1965 - 6/9/1972 | Dean (South Texas Medical School) F. Carter Pannill (Died 6/30/2012) |
| 6/9/1972 - 11/4/1972 | Interim Dean Truman G. Blocker, Jr. (Died 5/17/1984) |
| 11/4/1972 - 1/31/1985 | President Frank Harrison (Emeritus title granted and effective 11/16/2000) (Died 8/9/2013) |
| 2/1/1985 - 10/15/2000 | President John Prentice Howe, III (Emeritus title granted and effective 11/12/2009) |
| 10/16/2000 - 1/31/2009 | President Francisco G. Cigarroa |
| 1/12/2009 - 6/18/2009 | Interim President William L. Henrich |
| 6/19/2009 - 6/24/2012* | President William L. Henrich (*President Henrich took a short leave of absence) |
| 6/25/2012 - 2/17/2013 | Interim President Kenneth L. Kalkwarf |
| 2/18/2013 - | President William L. Henrich resumes office |
UTMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER (formerly Texas State Cancer Hospital, and MD Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research; joined UT System in 1941 as UTMD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, renamed UT System Cancer Center and later, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center) |
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| 9/1/1942 - 7/31/1946 | Acting Director E. W. Bertner (Died 7/18/1950) |
| 8/1/1946 - 10/31/1968 | Director R. Lee Clark (Emeritus title granted 8/4/1978 retroactive to 8/1/1978) (Died 5/3/1994) |
| 11/1/1968 - 7/31/1978 | President R. Lee Clark (Emeritus title granted 8/4/1978 retroactive to 8/1/1978) (Died 5/3/1994) |
| 8/1/1978 - 8/31/1996 | President Charles A. LeMaistre (Emeritus title granted 8/8/1996; effective 9/1/1996) (Died 1/28/2017) |
| 9/1/1996 - 8/31/2011 | President John Mendelsohn (Emeritus title granted 5/18/2018) (Died 1/7/2019) |
| 9/1/2011 - 3/20/2017 | President Ronald A. DePinho |
| 3/21/2017 - 11/30/2017 | Interim President Marshall E. Hicks |
| 12/1/2017 - | President Peter W. T. Pisters |
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER - TYLER (became an administrative part of U. T. Tyler effective January 4, 2021; formerly UT Health Center - Tyler; East Texas Chest Hospital; joined UT System in 1977) |
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| 3/1/1970 - 6/7/1970 | Acting Superintendent George A. Hurst |
| 6/8/1970 - 8/31/1979 | Superintendent George A. Hurst |
| 9/1/1979 - 1/5/1998 | Director George A. Hurst (Emeritus title granted 11/12/1998 and effective 1/5/1999) |
| 1/5/1998 - 12/16/1998 | Acting Director Ronald F. Garvey (Died 3/15/2012) |
| 12/17/1998 - 10/31/2002 | President Ronald F. Garvey (Emeritus title granted 5/13/2004 retroactive 2/1/2003) (Died 3/15/2012) |
| 11/1/2002 - 1/3/2021 | President Kirk A. Calhoun |
revised May 5, 2022
