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The campus of the university is located in Norman, and it has facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. [1] Joseph Harroz Jr. is the fifteenth and current president of the University of Oklahoma, Harroz Jr. succeeded James L. Gallogly on May 9, 2020 after serving as interim president for the previous year. [2]
David Ross Boyd (July 31, 1853 – November 17, 1936) was an American educator and the first president of the University of Oklahoma.. Boyd was born in Coshocton, Ohio, and obtained a bachelor's, master's, and honorary doctorate degree from the small College of Wooster, [1] where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. [2]
The house that came to be known as Boyd House was built in 1906 by OU's first president, David Ross Boyd, for approximately $7,000. In 1908, Boyd was forced out as university president. [ 4 ] He leased the property to the university until 1914, when OU acquired it from Boyd in a property swap.
The university's first president, David Ross Boyd, arrived in Norman in August 1892, and the first students enrolled that year. The university established a School of Pharmacy in 1893 because of the territory's high demand for pharmacists.
He was the 13th and second-longest serving president of the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2018. He was the longest serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. On September 20, 2017, Boren officially announced his retirement as president of the University of Oklahoma, effective June 30, 2018.
George Lynn Cross (May 12, 1905 – December 31, 1998) was a botanist, writer, and the longest serving president of the University of Oklahoma [1] (1943 to 1968). After he was appointed president at the age of 38, Cross helped peacefully integrate the university; built and oversaw the most winning college football program of the 1950s; spearheaded the expansion of numerous academic programs ...
William Slater Banowsky (March 4, 1936 – April 28, 2019) was an American academic administrator. [1] He served as president of Pepperdine University from 1971 to 1978, [2] then as president of the University of Oklahoma from 1978 to 1982 when he resigned to become President of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
This category contains the presidents of the University of Oklahoma. Pages in category "Presidents of the University of Oklahoma" The following 17 pages are in this ...