University Presidents
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President Sidney Gordon
Gilbreath
1910 - 1925
died 1961
Dean David Sinclair Burleson,
Acting President
1925
died 1953
Dr. Charles C.
Sherrod
1925 - 1949
died 1967
Dr. Burgin E. Dossett
1949 - 1968
died 1993
Dr. Delos P. Culp
1968 - 1977
Dr. Arthur H. DeRosier
1977 - 1980
Dr. Ronald E. Beller
1980 - 1991
Dr. Bert C. Bach, Interim
President
1991 - 1992
Dr. Roy S. Nicks
1992 - 1996
Dr. Paul E. Stanton
1997-
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University Name Changes
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1909 East Tennessee State
Normal School
(Act of Tennessee General Assembly 1909,
Public Acts Chapter 264)
1911 (First Class Admitted)
1924 East Tennessee State Teachers College
1930 State Teachers College, Johnson City
1943 East Tennessee State College
1963 East Tennessee State University