List of presidents of the University of Oklahoma

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]

Presidents

No.	Image	Name	Years	Notes	Ref.
1		David Ross Boyd	1892–1908		[3][4]
2		A. Grant Evans	1908–1911		[3][4]
–		Julien Monnet	1911–1912	Monnet served as interim president.	[5]
3		Stratton D. Brooks	1912–1923		[3][4]
–		James S. Buchanan	1923–1924	Buchanan served as interim president before becoming official.	[3][4][5]
4			1924–1925		[3][4]
5		William Bizzell	1925–1941		[3][4]
6		Joseph A. Brandt	1941–1943		[3][4]
–		George Lynn Cross	1943–1944	Cross served as interim president before becoming official.	[3][4][5]
7			1944–1968		[3][4]
8		John Herbert Hollomon Jr.	1968–1970		[3][4]
–		Pete Kyle McCarter	1970–1971	McCarter served as interim president.	[5]
9		Paul F. Sharp	1971–1978		[3][4]
10		William S. Banowsky	1978–1985		[3][4]
–		Martin C. Jischke	1985	Jischke served as interim president.	[5]
11		Frank E. Horton	1985–1988		[3][4]
–		David Swank	1988–1989	Swank served as interim president.	[5]
12		Richard L. Van Horn	1989–1994		[3]
–		John R. Morris	1994	Morris served as interim president.	[5]
13		David Boren	1994–2018		[3]
14		James L. Gallogly	2018–2019		[6]
–		Joseph Harroz Jr.	2019–2020	Harroz served as interim president before becoming official.	[5]
15			2020–		[7]

References

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