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| Michael M. Crow | (president) | 2002 - Present |
| Lattie F. Coor | (president) | 1990-2001 |
| Richard E. Peck | (interim) | 1989-1990 |
| J. Russell Nelson | (president) | 1981-1989 |
| John W. Schwada | (president) | 1971-1981 |
| Harry K. Newburn | (president) | 1970-1971 |
| Harry K. Newburn | (acting) | 1969-1970 |
| G. Homer Durham | (president) | 1960-1969 |
| Harold D. Richardson | (acting) | 1959-1960 |
| Grady Gammage | (president) | 1933-1959 |
| Ralph W. Swetman | (president) | 1930-1933 |
| Arthur John Matthews | (president) | 1904-1930 |
| Arthur John Matthews | (principal) | 1900-1904 |
| Joseph Warren Smith | (principal) | 1899-1900 |
| James McNaughton | (principal) | 1895-1899 |
| Edgar L. Storment | (principal) | 1892-1895 |
| Dayton Alonzo Reed | (principal) | 1890-1892 |
| Robert Lindley Long | (principal) | 1888-1890 |
| Hiram Bradford Farmer | (principal) | 1886-1888 |