The president of Texas A&M University is the chief officer of the academic administration of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Forty-four people—forty-one men and three women—have held this office, including those who were in the position when it was named chairman of the faculty between 1883 and 1890, and those who held the position in an acting or interim capacity.

Susan Ballabina is the current president of Texas A&M University since she was appointed to the position by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on May 11, 2026, as the successor of interim president Tommy Williams.__TOC__

Early history

On October 4, 1876, on the recommendation of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis after he had declined the position, Thomas Sanford Gathright became the first president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (the future Texas A&M University). At the inauguration of the college, Gathright stated to those assembledTo the full success of the college, I can promise the best efforts of my colleagues in the faculty, as I pledge my own. They may not be the proper men to work out success, and may be called to give place to others. I may not be suited to my place, and may retire; still this great work, in which all the people of this good state are interested, must go on and must succeed.

Presidents The list of Texas A&M University presidents includes the previous presidents, and chairmen of the faculty of the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas. It also includes those that served in an acting or interim capacity.

The following persons have served as president of Texas A&M University:

Portrait President Term start Term end 1 Thomas Sanford Gathright July 15, 1876 November 21, 1879 2 John Garland James November 22, 1879 April 1, 1883 acting James Reid Cole April 1, 1883 June 26, 1883 3 June 26, 1883 July 19, 1883 4 Hardaway Hunt Dinwiddie July 23, 1883 December 11, 1887 5 Louis Lowry McInnis January 24, 1888 July 1, 1890 acting William Stuart Lorraine Bringhurst July 1, 1890 January 20, 1891 6 Lawrence Sullivan Ross January 20, 1891 January 3, 1898 acting Roger Haddock Whitlock January 3, 1898 July 1, 1898 7 Lafayette Lumpkin Foster July 1, 1898 December 2, 1901 acting Roger Haddock Whitlock December 10, 1901 July 1, 1902 8 David Franklin Houston July 1, 1902 September 1, 1905 9 Henry Hill Harrington September 8, 1905 August 7, 1908 10 Robert Teague Milner September 1, 1908 October 1, 1913 acting Charles Puryear September 1, 1913 August 24, 1914 11 William Bennett Bizzell August 25, 1914 September 1, 1925 12 Thomas Otto Walton September 3, 1925 August 7, 1943 acting Frank Cleveland Bolton August 9, 1943 May 27, 1944 12 Gibb Gilchrist May 27, 1944 September 1, 1948 13 Frank Cleveland Bolton September 1, 1948 June 3, 1950 14a Marion Thomas Harrington June 3, 1950 September 1, 1953 15 David Hitchens Morgan September 1, 1953 December 21, 1956 acting David Willard Williams December 22, 1956 September 1, 1957 14b Marion Thomas Harrington September 1, 1957 July 1, 1959 16 James Earl Rudder July 1, 1959 March 23, 1970 acting Alvin Roubal Luedecke March 30, 1970 November 1, 1970 17 Jack Kenny Williams November 1, 1970 July 31, 1977 18 Jarvis Ernest Miller August 1, 1977 July 10, 1980 acting Charles Harold Samson Jr. July 10, 1980 August 31, 1981 19 Frank Everson Vandiver September 1, 1981 August 31, 1988 20 William Hodges Mobley September 1, 1988 August 31, 1993 acting E. Dean Gage September 1, 1993 June 1, 1994 21 Ray M. Bowen July 1, 1994 July 31, 2002 22 Robert M. Gates August 1, 2002 December 18, 2006 interim Ed J. Davis December 18, 2006 January 3, 2008 23 Elsa A. Murano January 3, 2008 June 15, 2009 interim R. Bowen Loftin June 15, 2009 February 12, 2010 24 February 12, 2010 January 13, 2014 interim Mark A. Hussey January 14, 2014 April 30, 2015 25 Michael K. Young May 1, 2015 December 31, 2020 interim John L. Junkins January 1, 2021 May 31, 2021 26 M. Katherine Banks June 1, 2021 July 20, 2023 acting Mark A. Welsh III July 21, 2023 July 30, 2023 interim July 30, 2023 December 12, 2023 27 December 12, 2023 September 19, 2025 acting James R. Hallmark September 20, 2025 October 2, 2025 interim Tommy Williams October 3, 2025 May 6, 2026 28Susan Ballabina May 6, 2026Present

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