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1. Hugh Roy Cullen Hugh Roy Cullen Hugh Roy Cullen, grandson of Ezekiel W. Cullen, was born on July 3, 1881, in Denton County. His formal education was limited to a few years in the public schools in San Antonio. He married Lillie Cranz...
2. W. B. Bates W. B. Bates Colonel William B. Bates was born in Nat, Texas and earned his elementary teaching certificate at Sam Houston Normal Institute (now Sam Houston State University) in 1911. He graduated from the University...
3. Charles Flemming McElhinney Charles Flemming McElhinney Charles Flemming McElhinney (commonly known as C. F. McElhinney or “Mr. Mac”) was born on Sept. 19, 1907 in Truro, Nova Scotia. He received a bachelor’s degree from Acadia University in 1926 at the...
4. Philip G. Hoffman Philip G. Hoffman Philip Guthrie Hoffman served as the fifth president of the University of Houston. He was appointed to this position in September 1961, and was officially inaugurated on April 27, 1962. Hoffman served...
5. Patrick J. Nicholson Patrick J. Nicholson Patrick James Nicholson (1921-1999) may be best known as the author of In Time: An Anecdotal History of the First Fifty Years of the University of Houston. He received a BA from Rice University in 1942,...
6. A. D. Bruce A. D. Bruce General Andrew Davis (A.D.) Bruce was the third president and the first chancellor of the University of Houston. Bruce became president of the university on September 1, 1954 and chancellor in December...
7. Clanton Ware Williams Clanton Ware Williams Clanton Ware Williams served as the fourth president of the University of Houston from 1956-1960. He received a BA in philosophy from Davidson College in 1927. He received both an MA in history from the...
8. Arthur K. Smith Arthur K. Smith Dr. Arthur K. Smith became the sixth Chancellor of the University of Houston System and the 11th president of the University of Houston on April 1, 1997. He is the first to hold the titles of chancellor...
9. Alexander B. Schilt Alexander B. Schilt Alexander Schilt earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Arizona State University. He was chancellor of Indiana University East from 1976...
10. Barry Munitz Barry Munitz Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Barry Munitz received a bachelor's degree in classics and comparative literature from Brooklyn College before earning a master's degree and PhD from Princeton...
11. Walter W. Kemmerer Walter W. Kemmerer Born in Pennsylvania in 1903, Kemmerer was educated at Lehigh College and Columbia University. In 1929, President Oberholtzer offered him the position of Director of Curriculum and Research with Houston...
12. Stephen P. Farish Stephen P. Farish Stephen Power Farish was born in Mayersville, Mississippi. He attended the Sewanee Military Academy and the University of the South, both in Sewanee, Tennessee. He worked in the cotton businees and as...
13. William P. Hobby Jr. William P. Hobby Jr. William “Bill” Pettus Hobby, Jr., son of Oveta Culp and William Pettus Hobby was born in Houston. He graduated from Rice University in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in history. Hobby served longer...
14. Glenn A. Goerke Glenn A. Goerke Glenn Goerke grew up outside Detroit in the 1930s and 1940s. After graduation from Eastern Michigan University, he began working in Detroit-area public schools with children whose IQs kept them out of...
15. Conrad N. Hilton Conrad N. Hilton Conrad Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico and attended Goss Military Institute, New Mexico Military Institute, and St. Michael's College. His first experience in hotels came in 1907, when his father...
16. Ted Estess Ted Estess Ted Estess (PhD, Syracuse University, 1972) is Dean of the Honors College, where he holds the Jane Morine Cizic Chair in the Humanities. He has built the Honors Program from a small program into an interdisciplinary...
17. Paul Chu Paul Chu Dr. Paul C. W. Chu was born in Hunan, China, and received his BS from Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan. After service with the Nationalist Chinese Air Force, he earned his MS from Fordham University and...
18. Wilbur L. Meier Jr. Wilbur L. Meier Jr. Wilbur L. Meier, Jr. was born in Elgin and raised in Temple, Texas. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering from the University of Texas, and taught industrial engineering...
19. E. E. Oberholtzer E. E. Oberholtzer From 1924-1927 Oberholtzer served as Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District. With the formation of the Houston Junior College in 1927 he was named president. He remained president through...
20. Elyse Lanier Elyse Lanier Regent, Board of Regents; Wife of Houston Mayor Bob Lanier; Elyse Lanier standing at a University Hilton podium with two unidentified men.
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