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On August 23, 1869, the regents of the University of Minnesota selected William Watts Folwell to be the school’s president. He was the first of 15 presidents who have served the University of Minnesota, each of whom have left their mark on the institution’s history and its traditions. They have built the institution into an internationally known research university that is one of the state’s most important assets. |
University Presidents
Robert H. Bruininks, 2002-present
Mark G. Yudof, 1997-2002
Nils Hasselmo, 1988-1997
Kenneth H. Keller, 1985-1988
C. Peter Magrath, 1974-1984
Malcolm Moos, 1967-1974
O. Meredith Wilson, 1960-1967
James Morrill, 1945-1960
Walter Coffey, 1941-1945
Guy Stanton Ford, 1938-1941
Lotus Coffman, 1920-1938
Marion Burton, 1917-1920
George Vincent, 1911-1917
Cyrus Northrop, 1884-1911
William Watts Folwell, 1869-1884 |
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