Texas Tech University Archives
Listing of Texas Tech University Administrative Heads
A common researcher question is the names of administrative heads of Texas Tech University departments and colleges, as well as who are members of the Board of Regents. Listed below are the names of TTU Board of Regents, Chancellors, Presidents, Provosts, Deans, Athletic Directors and Coaches, and the Goin' Band Directors.
Photographs of various Texas Tech faculty, administrators, Board of Regent members, and coaches have been digitized and are available for online viewing in the SWC's digital DSpace repository.
The dates listed below come from old school catalogs and reference file material. This list may not reflect the most current administrators, and therefore it may be advisable to visit the Texas Tech website for more information.
TTU Board of Directors / Board of Regents Members, 1925-Present
(links to the official TTU BOR website)
List of current Board of Regent Memembers and their terms of service Chancellors, 1996-Present Presidents, 1925-Present Provosts (may be incomplete list) College of Agricultural Sciences, 1925-Present [renamed the Gordon W. Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources in 2022] College of Architecture, 1986-Present College of Arts and Sciences, 1925-Present College of Business Administration, 1942-Present [renamed
the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration in 2002] College of Education, 1967-Present College of Engineering, 1925-Present [renamed the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering in 2009]
List of former Board of Regent Memembers and their terms of service
1 John T. Montford, Chancellor, August 1996-September 2001
1b Dr. David R. Smith, Interim Chancellor, September 2001-April 2002
2 Dr. David R. Smith, Chancellor, May 2002-February 28, 2006
2b Donald R. Haragan, Interim Chancellor, beginning February 2006
3 Kent Hance, Chancellor, December 1, 2006 - July 2014
4 Robert Duncan, Chancellor, July 7, 2014-August 31, 2018
4b Dr. Tedd Mitchell, Interim Chancellor and President of the TTUHSC, September 1, 2018
5 Dr. Tedd Mitchell, Chancellor, October 25, 2018-present
1 Paul Whitfield Horn, 1925-1932
1b Mrs. F. N. Drane, interim following Horn's passing 1932
2 Bradford Knapp, 1932-1938
2b Mrs. John Haley, a Board of Director member served interim in 1938 following Knapp's passing
3 Clifford B. Jones, 1938-1944
4 William M. Whyburn, 1944-1948
5 Dossie Marion Wiggins, 1948-1952
6 Edward N. Jones, 1952-1959
7 Robert Cabiness Goodwin, 1960-1966
8 Grover E. Murray, 1966-1976
9 Cecil Mackey, 1976-1979
9b Lawrence Graves, interim 1979
10 Lauro F. Cavazos Jr., 1980-1988
10b Elizabeth G. Haley, interim 1988-1989
11 Robert W. Lawless, 1989-1996
12 Donald R. Haragan, interim in 1996, then President from August 1996-2000
13 David J. Schmidly, 2000-2003
13b Donald R. Haragan, interim December 2002-September 2003
14 Jon Whitmore, 2003-2008
15 Guy Bailey, 2008-2012
15b Lawrence Schovanec, interim August, 2012-June, 2013
16 Duane Nellis, 2013-2016
16b John Opperman, interim, January 2016
17 Lawrence Schovanec, June, 2016-present
1 Don Haragan, interim Provost from 1985-1988, Provost from 1988-1996
2 John Burns, 1997-2003
3 Bill Marcy, 2003-2008
4 Jane Weiner, 2008-2009
5 Robert "Bob" Smith, February, 2009-May, 2013
6 Lawrence Schovanec, interim Provost from June-December, 2013, then Provost from January, 2014-May 2016
7 Michael Galyean, interim Provost from August 1, 2016-February 2017, then Provost from March 29, 2017-June 30, 2021
8 Ronald Hendrick, July 1, 2021-present
1 Arthur H. Leidigh, 1925-1945
2 W. L. Stangel, 1945-1958
3 Gerald W. Thomas, 1958-1967
3b J. Wayland Bennett, interim 1968
4 Gerald W. Thomas, 1968-1970
4b Samuel E. Curl, interim 1970-1971
5 Anson R. Bertrand, 1971-1978
6 William F. Bennett, 1978-1979, then interim 1979-1980
7 Samuel Everett. Curl, 1979-1997
7b Robert C. Albin, interim 1998
8 John R. Abernathy, 1999-2004
9 Marvin Cepica, Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 2004-2007
10 John M. Burns, Interim Dean in 2007, then Dean from 2008-2011
11 Michael Galyean, interim Dean in Feb 2011, then Dean in April 2012
12 Steve Fraze, interim dean in 2016-March 31,2018
13 William F. "Bill" Brown, Dean, April 1, 2018-present
1 A. Dudley Thompson, interim 1986-1987
2 R. Wayne Drummond, 1987-1990
2b Williard B. Robinson, interim 1990-1991 (passed away during term)
2c Michael A. Jones, interim Fall 1991
3 Martin J. Harms, Spring 1991
4 R. Wayne Drummond, Fall 1991
4b Willard B. Robinson, interim 1992
4c Michael A. Jones, interim 1993
5 Martin J. Harms, 1994-1998
6 James E. White, 1999-2002
6b John Borrelli, interim 2002
7 Andrew Vernooy, 2003-2016
8 Jim Williamson, August 1, 2016-May 31, 2021
9 Urs Peter "Upe" Flueckiger, interim Dean June 1, 2021-June 30, 2022, then Dean July 2022-present
1 James Marcus Gordon, 1926-1945
2 Robert Cabaniss Goodwin, 1945-1959
3 Sabe M. Kennedy, 1959-1966
4 Lorrin Garfield Kennamer Jr., 1967-1970
5 Lawrence Lester Graves, 1970-1983
6 William B. Conroy, 1984-1986
7 Joe R. Goodin, 1986-1991
8 Jane L. Winer, 1991-2010
9 Lawrence Schovanec, 2010-2012
9a Jeffrey P. Williams, interim August 8, 2012-May 19, 2014
10 W. Brent Lindquist, July 2014-August 31, 2020
10a Michael San Francisco, interim September 1, 2020-present
11 Tosha Dupras, June 1, 2022-present
1 John Orval Ellsworth, 1942-1946
2 Trent Campbell Root, 1945-1959
3 Haskell Grant Taylor, acting 1948-1966
4 George Gail Heather, 1950-1968
4b Reginald Rushing, interim, 1968-1970
6 Jack Donald Steele, 1970-1975
7 Carl H. Stem, 1975-1998
8 Roy D. Howell, interim Dean 1998, then Dean from 1999-2001
8b R. Stephen Sears, interim 2001-2002
10 Allen T. McInnes, 2002-2012
11 Lance Nail, 2012-?
12 Margaret L. Williams, April 24, 2017-present
1 Donald McDonald, 1967-1968
2 Glen Barnett, 1968-1969
3 Gordon Lee, 1969-1972
4 Donald McDonald, 1972-1973
5 Robert H. Anderson, 1973-1983
6 Richard E. Ishler, 1983-1990
7 Charles W. Smith, 1990-1993
8 Elaine Jarchow, 1994-2000
8b Larry Hovey, interim 2000
9 Greg Bowes, 2001
10 Gerald Skoog, 2002
11 Sheryl Linda Santos, 2003-2009
11b Charles P. Ruch, Interim 2009-2010
12 Scott Ridley, 2011-October 22, 2018
12b Robin Lock, interim following Ridley's passing, October 2018-July 2019
13 Jesse Perez Mendez, August 1, 2019-present
1 William J. Miller, 1925-1932
2 Otto Vincent Adams, 1932-1949
3 Oscar Allen St. Clair, 1949-1950
4 Dysart Edgar Holcomb, 1950-1955
5 John R. Bradford, 1955-1982
5b Jimmy H. Smith, Interim 1982-1984
6 Mason H. Somerville, 1985-1995
7 Jorge I. Aunon, 1996-1998
8 William M. Marcy, interim Dean 1999-2000, then Dean in 2000-2002
8b James L. Smith, Interim Dean 2002-2004
9 Pamela A. Eibeck, Dean 2004-2009
9b Jon C. Strauss, Interim 2009-2010
10 Albert Sacco Jr., January 1, 2011-August, 2022
College of Home Economics, 1925-Present [renamed the College of Human Sciences in 1993]
1 Margaret W. Weeks, 1925-1953
2 Willa Vaughn Tinsley, 1953-1971
3 Donald S. Longworth, 1971-1981
4 Elizabeth G. Haley, 1981-2000
5 Linda C. Hoover, interim Dean 2001, then Dean in 2002-July 31,2020
6 Tim Dodd, August 1, 2020-present
College of Media & Communication, 2012-present [formerly the College of Mass Communications, 2004-2012
1 Jerry Hudson, 2004-2013
2 David D. Perlmutter, July 1, 2013-present
2b Rob Stewart, interim November 1, 2013-present
College of Visual Performing Arts, 2002-present [renamed the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts in 2016]
1 Gary W. Owens, 2002
2 Jonathon Marks, interim Dean, ?-2007
3 Carol D. Edwards, 2007-present
4 Noel Zahler, 2016-?
4b Genevieve Durham-DeCesero, interim September 1, 2020-January 2022?
4c Andrea Bilkey and Peter Marten, interim co-deans, February 2022? - June 30, 2022
5 Martin Camacho, July 1, 2022-present
Dean of Student Life, 1952-? [later renamed Dean of Students]
1 James G. Allen, 1950-1968
2? Larry Ludewig, 19??-1988
3? Judith Henry, July 1988-?
Dean of Women, 1925-?
1 Mary Woodward Doak, 1925-1945
2 Margarette Wible Walker, 1948-?
3 Margaret Ann Twyman, 1950-?
Graduate School, 1937-Present
(The Division of Graduate Studies was established in 1935)
1 William Albert Jackson, 1937-1938
2 Robert Cabaniss Goodwin, 1938-1945
3 William Curry Holden, 1945-1950
4 William Bryan Gates, 1950-1963
5 Fred Durnford Rigby, 1963-1968
5b Lawrence Lester Graves, interim 1968-1970
5C Thomas A. Langford, interim 1970-1971
6 J. Knox Jones Jr., 1971-1984
7 Clyde Hendrick, 1984-1995
8 Thomas A. Langford, 1996
9 David J. Schmidly, 1997-2000
9b Robert M. Sweazy, interim 2001
10 Ronald M. Anderson, 2002-2003
11 John Borrelli, 2003-2007
12 Fred Hartmeister, 2007-2010
13 Peggy Miller, 2010-2012?
14 Dominick Casadonte, 2012-2014
15 Mark Sheridan, March 15, 2014-present
Honors College, 1999-Present
1 Gary Bell, 1999-2010
1b Stephen Fritz, interim 2010-2013
2 Michael San Francisco, interim 2014 then becomes dean - August 31, 2020
2b Aliza Wong, interim September 1, 2020-June 2022
2c Susan Tomlinson, interim July, 2022-September 14, 2022
3 Jill Hernandez, September 15, 2022-present
Libraries, 1925-Present
1 Elizabeth Howard West, Librarian 1925-1942
1b Emma Lillian Main, Acting Librarian 1942-1945
2 Augustine Smith Gaylord, Librarian 1945-1949
3 Ray Curtis Janeway, 1949-1982
4 Dale E. Cluff, 1982-2001
5 Donald Dyal, Dean of Libraries 2001-2015
6 Bella Gerlich, Dean of Libraries 2015-December 2019 (on faculty leave fall 2019)
7 Earnstein Dukes, interim Fall 2019-July 31, 2020, then becomes Dean August 1, 2020-present
School of Law, 1966-Present
1 Richard B. Amandes, 1966-1976
2 Frank W. Elliott, 1977-1980
3 Byron Fullerton, 1981-1984
4 W. Frank Newton, 1985-2001
4b James R. Eissinger, interim 2002
5 Walter Burl Huffman, 2003-2010
5b Susan Saab Fortney, interim 2010-2011
6 Darby Dickerson, 2011-?
7 Rick Rosen, Interim 2017-July, 2017
8 Jack Nowlin, July 17, 2017-present
Dean of the TTU Costa Rica Campus, 2002-Present Marching Band Directors (The Goin' Band), 1925-Present Last updated 2/20/23
1 Dr. Jeffrey Belnap, August 1, 2019-present
William Richard Waghorne, 1925-1926 (Professor of Music)
Harry LeMaire, 1925-1934 (first official Director of the Band)
Dewey O. Wylie, 1934-1959
Dean Killion, 1959-1981
Keith Bearden, 1981-2003
Christopher M. Anderson, 2003 - 2010
Keith Dye and Duane Hill, 2010-2011
Duane Hill, 2012-March 30, 2018 and Eric Allen, 2012-present
Eric Allen, Joel Pagan and Dr. Ryan Smith, 2018-present