List of presidents of Mississippi State University

The following persons are, or were, the president of Mississippi State University.

Presidents of Mississippi A&M (1880–1932) # Name Term 1 General Stephen D. Lee 1880–1899 2 John M. Stone 1899–1900 3 John Crumpton Hardy 1900–1912 4 George Robert Hightower 1912–1916 5 William Hall Smith 1916–1920 6 David Carlisle Hull 1920–1925 7 Buz M. Walker 1925–1930 8 Hugh Critz 1930–1932

Presidents of Mississippi State College (1932–1958) # Name Term 8 (cont.) Hugh Critz 1932–1934 9 George Duke Humphrey 1934–1945 10 Fred Tom Mitchell 1945–1953 11 Benjamin F. Hilbun 1953–1958

Presidents of Mississippi State University (1958–present) # Name Term 11 (cont.) Benjamin F. Hilbun 1958–1960 12 Dean W. Colvard 1960–1966 13 William L. Giles 1966–1976 14 James Douglas McComas 1976–1985Harvey S. Lewis (interim)(Spring 1985) 15 Donald W. Zacharias 1985–1997 16 Malcolm Portera 1998–2001 17 J. Charles Lee 2002–2006 18 Gen. Robert H. Foglesong 2006–2008 Vance Watson (interim) 2008 Roy H. Ruby (interim) 2008–2009 19 Mark E. Keenum 2009–present

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