Past Presidents
For most of its history, the System has referred to its chief executive officer as Chancellor and to the CEO of its four universities as President, with two exceptions to this practice. First, between 1956 and 1961, the 91破解版 had both a Chancellor and a President, an arrangement never repeated since. Second, when the smaller campuses first became universities, their CEOs were called Chancellors.
After the System was created in 1977, the title of ’s CEO was also changed to Chancellor and the title of the System’s CEO was changed to President. The titles were reversed in 1986, and remain so to this day. In 1997, the administrations of the and the 91破解版 were combined under one CEO, with the dual title of Chancellor of the System and President of the 91破解版.
(*) denotes dual System and titles and responsibilities
- Edison D. Oberholtzer, President, Houston Junior College, 1927-34, and President, , 1934-50
- Walter W. Kemmerer (acting), 1950-52, President, 1953
- Charles F. McElhinney (acting), 1953-54
- A. D. Bruce, President, 1954-56, and Chancellor, 1956-61
- Clanton W. Williams, 1956-60
- Philip G. Hoffman, 1961-77
- Barry Munitz, 1977-83
- Hugh Walker (interim), 1982-83
- Richard L. Van Horn, 1983-89
- George E. Magner (interim), 1989-90
- Marguerite Ross Barnett, 1990-92
- James H. Pickering (acting, interim), 1992, President, 1992-95
- Glenn A. Goerke, 1995-97
- Arthur K. Smith*, 1997-03
- Jay Gogue*, 2003-07
- John Rudley* (interim), 2007
- Renu Khator*, 2008-present