A Listing of the Administrative Heads of Texas Tech University

A common patron question is in regards to who are the administrative heads of Texas Tech University departments and colleges, as well as who are members of the Board of Regents.  Photographs of various Texas Tech faculty, administrators, Board of Regent members, and coaches have been digitized and are available for online viewing here.

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 Chancellors, Presidents, Provosts, Deans, Athletic Directors and Coaches, Marching Band Directors, and Board of Regents

Chancellors, started in 1996
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

Presidents, started in 1925
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

Provosts (may be incomplete list)
1    Don Haragan, interim from 1985-1988, then permanent 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 from June-December, 2013, then permanent provost from January, 2014-May 2016
7    Michael Galyean, interim from August 1, 2016-February 2017, then permanent provost from March 29, 2017-present

Deans

College of Agricultural Sciences, started in 1925 [later renamed the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources]
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, 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 becomes the permanent Dean from 2008-2011
11  Michael Galyean, interim dean in Feb 2011, then becomes the permanent Dean in April 2012
12  Steve Fraze, interim dean in 2016-March 31,2018
13  William F. "Bill" Brown, Dean, April 1, 2018-present

College of Architecture- started in 1986
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-present

College of Arts and Sciences, started in 1925
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

College of Business Administration, started in 1942 [later renamed the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business]
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 1998, then becomes the permanent 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

College of Education, started in 1967
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

College of Engineering, started in 1925 [later renamed the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering in 2009]
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 1999-2000, then becomes the permanent Dean in 2000
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-present

College of Home Economics, started in 1925 [later renamed the College of Human Sciences]
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 2001, then becomes the permanent Dean in 2002-July 31,2020
6  Tim Dodd, August 1, 2020-present

College of Mass Communications, started in 2004 [later renamed the College of Media and Communications]
1  Jerry Hudson, 2004-2013
2  David D. Perlmutter, July 1, 2013-present

College of Visual Performing Arts, started in 2002 [later renamed the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts]
1  Dr. Gary W. Owens, 2002
2  Jonathon Marks, interim Dean, ?-2007
3  Carol D. Edwards, 2007-present
4  Noel Zahler, 2016-?
5  Genevieve Durham-DeCesero, interim September 1, 2020-present

Dean of Student Life, started in 1952
1  James G. Allen, 1950-1968

Dean of Women, started in 1925
1  Mary Woodward Doak, 1925-1945
2  Margarette Wible Walker, 1948-?
3  Margaret Ann Twyman, 1950-?

Graduate School, started in 1937 (A 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, formed in 1999
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-present

Libraries, started in 1925
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, started in 1966
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 Texas Tech University Costa Rica Campus, started in 2002
1  Dr. Jeffrey Belnap, August 1, 2019-present

Marching Band Directors (The Goin' Band)
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