University Presidents
- David Starr Jordan (1891–1913)
- John Casper Branner (1913–1915)
- Ray Lyman Wilbur (1916–1943)
- Donald Bertrand Tresidder (1943–1948)
- Alvin C. Eurich (Acting, 1948)
- J. E. Wallace Sterling (1949–1968)
- Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (1968–1970)
- Richard Wall Lyman (1970–1980)
- Donald Kennedy (1980–1992)
- Gerhard Casper (1992–2000)
- John L. Hennessy (2000–present)
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