List of presidents of Mississippi State University

The following persons are, or were, the president of Mississippi State University.

Presidents of Mississippi A&M (1880–1932)
# Name Term
1 General Stephen D. Lee 1880–1899
2 John M. Stone 1899–1900
3 John Crumpton Hardy 1900–1912
4 George Robert Hightower 1912–1916
5 William Hall Smith 1916–1920
6 David Carlisle Hull† 1920–1925
7 Buz M. Walker† 1925–1930
8 Hugh Critza 1930–1932

Presidents of Mississippi State College (1932–1958)
# Name Term
8 (cont.) Hugh Critza 1932–1934
9 George Duke Humphrey 1934–1945
10 Fred Tom Mitchell† 1945–1953
11 Benjamin F. Hilbun†b 1953–1958

Presidents of Mississippi State University (1958–present)
# Name Term
11 (cont.) Benjamin F. Hilbun†b 1958–1960
12 Dean W. Colvard 1960–1966
13 William L. Giles 1966–1976
14 James Douglas McComas 1976–1985
Harvey S. Lewis† (interim President) (Spring-Summer 1985)
15 Donald W. Zacharias 1985–1997
16 Malcolm Portera† 1998–2001
17 J. Charles Lee 2002–2006
18 General Robert H. "Doc" Foglesongc 2006–2008
Vance Watson†d (Interim President) 2008[1]
Roy H. Ruby†e (Interim President) 2008–2009[2]
19 Mark E. Keenum† 2009–present[3]

Notes

(a) – Hugh Critz was president when the Mississippi Legislature changed the name from Mississippi A&M to Mississippi State College.

(b) – Benjamin F. Hilbun was president when the Mississippi Legislature again changed the name from Mississippi State College to Mississippi State University in 1958 after the Mississippi State gained university status.[4]

(c) – On Friday, March 7, 2008 Robert "Doc" Foglesong officially resigned from his position as President of Mississippi State. He resigned for the "express purpose of helping the university move forward."[5]

(d) – On Thursday, March 20, 2008, Dr. L. Stacy Davidson, Jr., President of the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), announced that the Board unanimously named Dr. Vance H. Watson as the Interim President at Mississippi State University."[6]

(e) - On October 20, 2008 "During its emergency teleconference, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning accepted the resignation of Mississippi State University Interim President Dr. Vance Watson, effective immediately...The Board also announced that long-time MSU Vice President Dr. Roy H. Ruby would serve as Interim President"[7]

†Alumnus

References
  1. IHL names Vance Watson Interim President
  2. Watson retires; Ruby named interim president
  3. Dr. Mark E. Keenum Biographical Sketch Archived August 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Mississippi State University General Information Archived January 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. MSU Website: Foglesong resignation
  6. MSU Website: IHL names Vance Watson Interim President
  7. Watson retires; Ruby named interim president
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