List of presidents of the University of New Mexico

This is a list of University of New Mexico presidents includes all permanent and interim presidents from the beginning of instruction in 1892 to the present. ^{[1] [2]}

#	Image	Name	Term	Notes
1		Elias S. Stover	1891–1897
2		Clarence L. Herrick	1897–1901
3		William G. Tight	1902–1909
4		Edward D. M. Gray	1909–1912
5		David R. Boyd	1912–1919
6		David S. Hill	1919–1927
7		James Fulton Zimmerman	1927–1944
8		John Philip Wernette	1945–1948
9		Thomas L. Popejoy	1948–1968
10		Ferrel Heady	1968–1975
11		William E. "Bud" Davis	1975–1982
12		John Perovich	1982–1984
13		Tom Farer	1985–1986
14		Gerald May	1986–1990
15		Richard Peck	1990–1998
16		William C. Gordon	1999–2002
17		F. Chris Garcia	2002–2003
18		Louis Caldera	August 1, 2003–January 25, 2006	[3] [4]
19		David W. Harris	January 25, 2006–May 31, 2007	[5]
20		David J. Schmidly	June 1, 2007–May 31, 2012	[6] [7]
21		Robert G. Frank	June 1, 2012–December 31, 2016	[8] [9]
22		Chaouki T. Abdallah	January 1, 2017–February 28, 2018	[10]
23		Garnett S. Stokes	March 1, 2018–present	[11]

External links

• University of New Mexico website
• University of New Mexico, Office of the President
• University of New Mexico, University Archives

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8. Carr, Steve (January 4, 2012). "Robert G. Frank Appointed 21st President of The University of New Mexico". University of New Mexico.
9. "UNM president: Decision to step down was 'pragmatic'". Las Cruces Sun-News . December 15, 2016.
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