The naming structure for the head of the Missouri University of Science and Technology has changed reflecting its changes through the years. The head currently reports to the University of Missouri System.
The chancellor lives on campus at the Chancellor's Residence. It was constructed in 1889 as the "Club House" dormitory, then converted to a room house before becoming the Missouri State Geological Survey headquarters and finally the residence for the then-director in 1905.
Mohammad Dehghani of Stevens Institute of Technology began his service as chancellor in 2019. Dehghani had previously held leadership positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Johns Hopkins University Systems Institute, at which he was a founding director.
Chancellors of the Missouri University of Science and Technology
The following individuals have led the Missouri University of Science and Technology, or its predecessors since 1870:
ImageNameTerm startTerm endDirectors of the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (1870–1941)1Charles Penrose Williams187118772Charles Edmund Wait187718883William Holding Echols188818914Elmo Golightly Harris189118935Walter Buck Richards189318976George E. Ladd189719077Lewis Emmanuel Young19071913actingLeon Ellis Garrett191319158Durward Copeland19151915 9Austin Lee McRae1915June 30, 192010Charles Herman FultonJuly 1, 1920August 31, 193711William Reuel ChedseySeptember 1, 1937July 31, 1941Deans of the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (1941–1964)12Curtis L. WilsonAugust 1, 1941August 31, 196313aMerl BakerSeptember 1, 1963June 30, 1964 Chancellors of the University of Missouri at Rolla (1964–1968)13bMerl BakerJuly 1, 1964 October 18, 1973 Chancellors of the University of Missouri–Rolla (1968–2008)actingDudley ThompsonOctober 18, 1973September 30, 197414Raymond L. BisplinghoffOctober 1, 1974December 31, 1976interimJim C. PogueJanuary 1, 1977Summer 197815Joseph M. MarchelloSummer 1978August 1985 interimJohn T. ParkAugust 1985April 27, 198617Martin C. JischkeApril 28, 1986May 31, 1991 interimJohn T. ParkJune 1, 1991March 20, 199218March 20, 1992August 31, 200019Gary ThomasSeptember 1, 2000August 31, 200520John F. Carney IIISeptember 1, 2005August 31, 2011Chancellors of the Missouri University of Science and Technology (2008–present)interimWarren K. WraySeptember 1, 2011March 31, 201221Cheryl B. SchraderApril 2, 2012May 14, 2017 interimChristopher G. MaplesMay 15, 2017July 31, 201922Mohammad DehghaniAugust 1, 2019present
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See also List of presidents of the University of Missouri System List of chancellors of the University of Missouri (Columbia) List of chancellors of the University of Missouri–St. Louis List of chancellors of the University of Missouri–Kansas City
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