List of leaders of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Polk Place looking toward Wilson Library on the UNC campus

Leaders of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were known as Presidents until the formation of the Consolidated University of North Carolina in 1932. Between 1934 and 1945, the title Dean of Administration was used for the leader of the university (subordinate to the President of the Consolidated University system), which in turn became Chancellor. An asterisk (*) indicates an interim or acting appointment.[1][2]

Presiding Professors

Image Name Term
File:David Ker.jpg Rev. David Ker 1794–1796
File:Charles Harris.jpg Charles Wilson Harris 1796
File:Joseph Caldwell.jpg Rev. Joseph Caldwell 1796–1797
James Smiley Gillaspie (or Gillespie) 1797–1799
File:Joseph Caldwell.jpg Rev. Joseph Caldwell 1799–1804

Presidents

Image Name Term
File:Joseph Caldwell.jpg Rev. Joseph Caldwell 1804–1812
Robert Hett Chapman 1812–1816
File:Joseph Caldwell.jpg Rev. Joseph Caldwell 1816–1835
File:Elisha Mitchell Portrait.jpg Elisha Mitchell * 1835
File:David Lowry Swain.jpg David Lowry Swain 1835–1868
File:Solomon Pool.jpg Rev. Solomon Pool 1869–1872
File:Charles Phillips.jpg Rev. Charles Phillips 1875–1876
File:Kemp Plummer Battle.jpg Kemp Plummer Battle 1876–1891
File:George Tayloe Winston 2.jpg George Tayloe Winston 1891–1896
File:Portrait of Edwin Alderman.jpg Edwin Anderson Alderman 1896–1900
File:Francis Preston Venable.jpg Francis Preston Venable 1900–1914
File:Edward Kidder Graham.jpg Edward Kidder Graham 1914–1918
Marvin Hendrix Stacy* 1918–1919
File:Harry Woodburn Chase.jpg Harry Woodburn Chase 1919–1930
File:Frank Porter Graham (cropped).jpg Frank Porter Graham 1930–1932

Dean of Administration

Image Name Term
Robert Burton House 1934–1945

Chancellors

Image Name Term
Robert Burton House 1945–1957
File:WBAycock.png William Brantley Aycock 1957–1964
File:Paul Frederick Sharp (page 63 crop).jpg Paul Frederick Sharp 1964–1965
Joseph Carlyle Sitterson 1965–1972
Nelson Ferebee Taylor 1972–1980
Christopher Columbus Fordham 1980–1988
File:Paul Hardin III, University of North Carolina Chancellor.jpg Paul Hardin III 1988–1995
Michael Hooker 1995–1999
William Octavius McCoy * 1999–2000
File:Dr. James Moeser.jpg James Moeser 2000–2008
Herbert Holden Thorp 2008–2013[3]
File:USSF, USC Sign MOU Establishing University Partnership Program (2) (cropped).jpg Carol L. Folt 2013–2019[4][5]
Kevin Guskiewicz 2019–2024
File:Lee Roberts TransparUNCy Teach-In (cropped).jpg Lee Roberts 2024–present

References

  1. "Previous Presidents and Chancellors". UNC Office of the Chancellor. 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  2. "Presidents and Chancellors, UNC and UNC-Chapel Hill". North Carolina Collection. UNC University Libraries. 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  3. "Dr. Holden Thorp: Chancellor-Elect, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill". UNC Office of the Chancellor. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  4. Stancil, Jane; Blythe, Anne. UNC-CH names Carol Folt first female chancellor Archived 2013-04-14 at the Wayback Machine. The News & Observer, 2013-04-13.
  5. "Chancellor Folt announces resignation, orders Confederate Monument pedestal to be removed intact". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. January 14, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-14.