President: 1957 – 1960 Robert Strozier became president of The Florida State University in 1957, after 28 years of college teaching and administration in three Georgia institutions. He had also served as dean of students and professor of romance languages at the University of Chicago. He was known for his excellent academic credentials, combined with […]
President: 1960 – 1965 Gordon Blackwell was serving as the chancellor of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina when he accepted the presidency of The Florida State University in 1960. Growth management, academic program development, building construction, and development of a well-rounded athletics program were the major accomplishments of his FSU administration. […]
President: 1965 – 1969 John Champion was president of The Florida State University from 1965 to 1969. During his presidency, the law school opened, the university’s first international study center (Florence, Italy) was created, construction was begun on the Fine Arts Building, and Florida State was named one of 30 Centers of Excellence by the […]
President: 1969 – 1976 J. Stanley Marshall came to The Florida State University in 1958 from the State University of New York at Cortland, where he held a professorship in physics. His first assignment was to establish a department of science education and to design programs to educate secondary school teachers in the sciences. He […]
President: 1976 – 1991 Bernie Sliger, a highly regarded economist, served as president of The Florida State University from 1977 to 1991 after four years as the university’s executive vice president and chief academic officer. He returned to the helm as interim president after his successor Dale Lick resigned in 1993. Sliger served in that […]
President: 1991 – 1994 Dale W. Lick served as president of The Florida State University from 1991-1994. He also served as president of Georgia Southern University and the University of Maine. Since his term as Florida State University president he has been a professor of educational policy, and leadership studies and part of the university’s […]
President: 1994 – 2003 Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, served as president of The Florida State University from 1994 to 2003. Prior to his presidency he was dean of the College of Law, and he continued his service to the university after his presidency. Throughout his tenure as president he was dedicated to academic excellence and research, […]
President: 2003 – 2010 During the tenure of T.K. Wetherell, the first alumnus to become president, The Florida State University enrolled the most academically talented students in the history of the university, increased the number of doctoral degrees awarded, set new records for research dollars and experienced a boom in campus construction. Soon after assuming […]
President: 2010 – 2014 Dr. Eric J. Barron took the position of 14th president of The Florida State University on February 1, 2010. Dr. Barron earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from Florida State as an honors student in 1973. He holds master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Miami, both in oceanography. He […]
