The President, under the direction of the Board of Trustees, ensures that the financial resources are adequate to provide a sound educational program that meets the institution’s instructional, research and service missions.
Past Presidents
Past Presidents
I have neither son nor daughter to inherit what I may leave behind me; those born to me passed over to the majority long years ago. Should my hopes be realized, I shall make the university my heir.
James K. Patterson
(1869-1910)
Out of the conflict the conviction grows that the struggle is one of intelligence and brains... A university is a place where the youth of the land may be trained in the higher arts and sciences and taught the ideals of national life.
Henry S. Barker
(1911-1917)
Out of the conflict the conviction grows that the struggle is one of intelligence and brains...A university is a place where the youth of the land may be trained in the higher arts and sciences and taught the ideals of national life.
Frank L. McVey
(1917-1940)
I'm a firm believer in freedom of teaching in the classroom.
Herman L. Donovan
(1941-1956)
I believe an stablished channel of communication would contribute to program development and operation.
Frank G. Dickey (1956-1963)
(1956-1963)
John W. Oswald (1963-1968)
Most of my concerns as president must be with the future. Tomorrow's leaders and tools these leaders will use are being developed in today's universities.
John W. Oswald
(1963-1968)
I'll do everything to hold the fort and keep the ship an steady course.
Albert D. Kirwan
(1968-1969)
I find things on this campus that other campuses would deem remarkable, such as student representation.
Otis A. Singletary
(1969-1987)
I want to be a good president of the university of Kentucky and that can only be measured, it seems to me, under the progress the university makes under my leadership.
David P. Roselle
(1987-1989)
I really believe that the students we recruit really deserve a first-rate learning environment while they're here.
Charles T. Wethington, Jr.
(1989-2001)
If you don't talk about problems, you don't solve them. We have just accepted these things… let's just talk about it and let's solve it. I said early on that we needed our best minds working on our toughest problems.
Lee T. Todd, Jr.
(2001-2011)
