Members of the Arizona Board of Regents (1935 to 2005)

This list excludes Governors of Arizona and Superintendents of Public Instruction.

Index

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1935–1949

1935 to 1949 new members of the Board of Regents and their appointment dates
Name	Date of appointment
Jack B. Martin	Apr 4, 1935
M. O. Best	Jan 9, 1939
Cleon T. Knapp	Nov 30, 1940
Mrs. Joseph M. Greer	Feb 3, 1941
Clarence E. Houston	Sep 8, 1941
W. Ronald Ellsworth	Feb 8, 1943
Samuel H. Morris	Feb 8, 1943
Florence E. Beck	Jun 12, 1945
Mrs. Garfield A. Goodwin	Jun 12, 1945
Lynn M. Laney	Jun 12, 1945
John M. Scott	Jun 12, 1945
William W. Stevenson	Jun 12, 1945
Walter R. Bimson	Feb 6, 1947
Nolan D. Pulliam	Feb 6, 1947
Linne D. Klemmedson	Sep 25, 1947
J. George Hilzinger	Jan 20, 1949
John G. Babbitt	Jan 1, 1949

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1950–1969

1950 to 1969 new members of the Board of Regents and their appointment dates
Name	Date of appointment
William R. Matthews	Mar 31, 1950
Mrs. Evelyn Jones Kirmse	Jan 8, 1951
John M. Jacobs	Jan 8, 1951
Alexander G. Jacome	Feb 11, 1952
Elwood W. Bradford (did not serve full term)	Feb 24, 1957
Mrs. Vivian Lahti Boysen	Jan 1959
W. W. Dick	Jan 1959
O. D. Miller	Jan 1959
George W. Chambers	Jan 11, 1961
Leon Levy	Jan 11, 1961
Arthur B. Schellenberg (did not serve full term)	Jan 2, 1963
Wesley P. Goss	Jan 2, 1963
Norman G. Sharber	Jan 22, 1965
Norma Barr Rockfellow (did not serve full term)	Jan 11, 1967
Dr. Paul L. Singer	Jan 9, 1967
Dean Burch (did not serve full term)	Jan 7, 1969
Gordon D. Paris (did not serve full term)	Jan 7, 1969
James Dunseath	Oct 31, 1969
Betty Riggle (did not serve full term)	Dec 17, 1969

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1970–1979

1970 to 1979 new members of the Board of Regents and their appointment dates
Name	Date of appointment
Margaret M. Christy	Mar 23, 1970
Kenneth G. Bentson (did not serve full term)	Jul 8, 1970
Sidney S. Woods	Jan 4, 1971
John A. Lentz	Feb 9, 1971
Rudy E. Campbell	Jan 23, 1974
Ralph M. Bilby	Jan 23, 1974
Dwight W. Patterson	Nov 25, 1975
Thomas Chandler	Jan 6, 1976
Dr. William G. Payne	Feb 10, 1976
John F. Molloy	Jan 4, 1977
Esther N. Capin	Jan 20, 1978
Earl H. Carroll (did not serve full term)	Jan 20, 1978
Tio A. Tachias	Jan 21, 1978

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1980–1989

1980 to 1989 new members of the Board of Regents and their appointment dates
Name	Date of appointment
William P. Reilly	Jan 21, 1980
James F. McNulty Jr.	Oct 6, 1980
Dwight W. Patterson (did not serve full term)	Dec 1980
A. J. Pfister	Jan 22, 1982
Donald G. Shropshire	Jan 22, 1982
Donald Pitt	Dec 15, 1982
Herman Chanen	Jan 16, 1984
Edith Auslander	May 15, 1984
Esther N. Capin	Jan 20, 1985
Donald Pitt	Nov 22, 1985
Stan Turley Note: Appointed by outgoing Governor Bruce Babbitt, served one meeting before Attorney General ruled appointment illegal. Ralph Watkins was appointed to fill unexpired term of Regent Reilly after Governor Mecham took office in January, 1987.	Dec 8, 1986
Ralph A. Watkins, Jr.	Jan 8, 1987
Douglas Wall	Jun 16, 1988
Andrew Hurwitz	Jun 16, 1988

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1990–1999

1990 to 1999 new members of the Board of Regents and their appointment dates
Name	Date of appointment
Arthur Chapa	Apr 2, 1990
Eddie Basha	Mar 13, 1990
Rudy Campbell	Apr 20, 1992
John Munger	Apr 20, 1992
Judy Gignac	Feb 2, 1994
George H. Amos III	Feb 2, 1994
Donald J. Ulrich	Jan 16, 1995
Kurt R. Davis	Jan 16, 1995
Chris Herstam	Dec 1, 1997
Jack Jewett	Dec 1, 1997
Kay McKay	Apr 15, 1998
Gary Stuart	Sep 29, 1999
Christine Palacios	Sep 29, 1999

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2000–2002

2000 to 2002 new members of the Board of Regents and their appointment dates
Name	Date of appointment
Fred T. Boice	Jan 21, 2002
Robert B. Bulla	Jan 21, 2002

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2003–2005

2003 to 2005 new members of the Board of Regents and their appointment dates
Name	Date of appointment
Ernest Calderón	2004
Lorraine Frank	2004
Kolby Granville	2005

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