Samuel Carrick, A.M., Blount College, 1794-1807, East Tennessee College, 1807-1809
David Sherman, A.M., East Tennessee College, 1820-1825
Charles Coffin, D.D., East Tennessee College, 1827-1832
James H. Piper, A.M., East Tennessee College, 1833-1834
Joseph Estabrook, A.M., East Tennessee College, 1834-1840, East Tennessee University, 1840-1850
W.B. Reese, LL.D., East Tennessee University, 1850-1853
George Cooke, A.M., East Tennessee University, 1853-1857
William D. Carnes, A.M., East Tennessee University, 1858-1860
J.J. Ridley, D.D., East Tennessee University, 1860-1862
Thomas W. Humes, A.M., S.T.D., East Tennessee University, 1865-1879, University of Tennessee, 1879-1883
Charles W. Dabney, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1887-1904
Brown Ayres, B.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., D.C.L., University of Tennessee, 1904-1919
Harcourt A. Morgan, B.S., A.M., LL.D., University of Tennessee, 1919-1934
James Dickason Hoskins, B.S., A.M., LL.B., LL.D., Litt.D., University of Tennessee, 1934-1946
C.E. Brehm, B.S. LL.D., L.H.D., University of Tennessee, 1946-1959
Andrew D. Holt, A.B., M.S., LL.D., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1959-1970
Edward J. Boling, B.S., M.S., Ed.D., University of Tennessee 1970-1988
Lamar Alexander, B.A., J.D., University of Tennessee, 1988-1991
Joseph E. Johnson, B.S., M.A., Ed.D., University of Tennessee, 1991- 1999
J. Wade Gilley, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1999-2001
Emerson H. Fly, B.S., C.P.A., University of Tennessee, 2001-2002
John W. Shumaker, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2002-2003
John D. Petersen, B.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2004-
