List of presidents of the University of Missouri System

23 individuals had held the title of president since 1841 with one person holding the office at two different times. 8 additional persons had the power of a president for a limit period of time and were called acting president, interim president, or chairman of faculty.

Since the four-campus system was created in 1963, 11 individuals had held the title of president for the system with 4 additional persons as interim president.

The following persons had led the University of Missouri from 1841 until 1963 as president and later the University of Missouri System since 1963:

ImageNameTerm startTerm end1John Hiram Lathrop184118492James Shannon185018563William Wilson Hudson1856June 14, 1859 interimGeorge Matthews185918604Benjamin Blake Minor18601862University closed as a result of the Civil War from March 1862 until 18655John Hiram Lathrop186518666Daniel Read186618767Samuel Spahr Laws18761889interim Michael Fisher18891891interim James Blackwell189118918Richard Henry Jesse189119089Albert Ross Hill1908192110John Carleton Jones19221923actingIsidor Loeb1923192311Stratton Brooks1923193012Walter Williams1931193513Frederick Middlebush1935195414Elmer Ellis 1955August 31, 196615John C. WeaverSeptember 1, 1966October 27, 1970 interimC. Brice RatchfordOctober 27, 1970June 24, 197116June 24, 1971May 21, 1976 acting A.G. Unklesbay May 21, 1976May 31, 1976interimJames C. OlsonJune 1, 1976March 18, 197717March 18, 1977June 30, 1984interimMel GeorgeJuly 1, 1984December 31, 198418C. Peter MagrathJanuary 1, 1985November 1991 19George A. RussellNovember 1991August 31, 1996interimMel GeorgeSeptember 1, 1996July 31, 199720Manuel T. PachecoAugust 1, 1997December 31, 200221Elson FloydJanuary 6, 2003April 30, 2007 interimGordon H. LambMay 1, 2007February 17, 200822Gary D. ForseeFebruary 18, 2008January 7, 2011 interimSteve OwensJanuary 7, 2011February 14, 201223Timothy M. WolfeFebruary 15, 2012 November 9, 2015 interimMike MiddletonNovember 12, 2015February 28, 201724Mun ChoiMarch 1, 2017present

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See also List of chancellors of the University of Missouri (Columbia) List of chancellors of the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla) List of chancellors of the University of Missouri–St. Louis List of chancellors of the University of Missouri–Kansas City

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