The president of
The University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public ...
is the university's chief administrator, appointed by the board of trustees. The first to occupy the
President's Mansion, on University Boulevard opposite
the Quad, was
Basil Manly, Sr., the university's second president.
List of presidents
The University of Alabama has had 28 presidents appointed since its foundation, not including temporary acting and interim presidents.
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Alva Woods (1831–1837)
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Basil Manly, Sr. (1837–1855)
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Landon Garland
Landon Cabell Garland (1810–1895), an American, was professor of physics and history and university president three times at different Southern Universities (Randolph Macon, Alabama, Vanderbilt) while living in the Southern United States for hi ...
(1854–1867)
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William Russell Smith (1869–1871)
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Matthew F. Maury (1871)
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Nathaniel Thomas Lupton (1871–1874)
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Carlos Green Smith (1874–1878)
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Josiah Gorgas
Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818 – May 15, 1883) was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals and was later president of the University of Alabama.
As chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, Gorgas managed to keep the Confederate ...
(1878–1879)
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William Stokes Wyman (acting, 1879-1880 and 1885-1886) (1901–1902)
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Burwell Boykin Lewis (1880–1885)
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Henry DeLamar Clayton (1886–1889)
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Richard Channing Jones (1890–1897)
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James Knox Powers (1897–1901)
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John Abercrombie (1902-1911)
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George H. Denny
George Hutcheson Denny (December 3, 1870 – April 2, 1955) was an American academic and former president at both Washington and Lee University and the University of Alabama. Both a football coach and an educator, he ultimately was appointed Washi ...
(1912–1936, 1941–1942)
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Richard Clarke Foster (1937–1941)
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Raymond Ross Paty (1942–1947)
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Ralph E. Adams (acting, 1947–1948)
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John Gallalee (1948–1953)
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Lee Bidgood (acting, 1953)
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Oliver Carmichael
Oliver Carmichael (October 3, 1891 – September 25, 1966) served as the third chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1937 to 1946. He also served as the President of the University of Alabama from 1953 to 1957.
Early life
Oliver Cromwell Carm ...
(1953–1957)
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James H. Newman
James Hansen Newman, Ph.D. (born October 16, 1956) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
NASA career
After graduating from Rice University in 1984, Newman did an additional year of post ...
(acting, 1957-1958)
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Frank Rose (1958–1969)
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F. David Mathews (1969–1975, 1977–1980)
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Howard B. Gundy (acting, 1980-1981)
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Joab Thomas (1981–1988)
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E. Roger Sayers (1988–1996)
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Andrew Sorensen (1996–2002)
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J. Barry Mason (interim, 2002-2003)
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Robert Witt (2003–2012)
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Guy Bailey (2012)
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Judy L. Bonner (2012–2015)
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Stuart Bell (2015–present)
References
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