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The Office of the President is in Knoxville on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The president is the chief executive officer of the University of Tennessee System, which includes campuses at Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin, the Health Science Center in Memphis, and the Space Institute at Tullahoma. The president’s responsibilities also include oversight of UT’s statewide institutes of agriculture and public service.

The president is appointed by the UT Board of Trustees. All UT vice presidents and chancellors report to the president.

Jamie Blessinger is the executive assistant to the president.

Melissa Tindell is the media contact for the president.

Presidents of the University of Tennessee

Randy Boyd

B.S., M.L.S.
University of Tennessee, 2018 – present

Joe DiPietro

B.S., D.V.M., M.S.
University of Tennessee, 2011-2018

Jan Simek

B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, 2009-2010

John D. Petersen

B.S., Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, 2004-2009

John W. Shumaker

B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, 2002-2003

Emerson H. Fly

B.S., C.P.A.
University of Tennessee, 2001-2002

J. Wade Gilley

B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, 1999-2001

Joseph E. Johnson

B.S., M.A., Ed.D.
University of Tennessee, 1991- 1999

Lamar Alexander

B.A., J.D.
University of Tennessee, 1988-1991

Edward J. Boling

B.S., M.S., Ed.D.
University of Tennessee 1970-1988

Andrew D. Holt

A.B., M.S., LL.D., Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, 1959-1970

C.E. Brehm

B.S. LL.D., L.H.D.
University of Tennessee, 1946-1959

James Dickason Hoskins

B.S., A.M., LL.B., LL.D., Litt.D.
University of Tennessee, 1934-1946

Harcourt A. Morgan

B.S., A.M., LL.D.
University of Tennessee, 1919-1934

Brown Ayres

B.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., D.C.L.
University of Tennessee, 1904-1919

Charles W. Dabney

Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, 1887-1904

Thomas W. Humes

A.M., S.T.D.
University of Tennessee, 1879-1883,
East Tennessee University, 1865-1879

J.J. Ridley

D.D.
East Tennessee University, 1860-1862

William D. Carnes

A.M.
East Tennessee University, 1858-1860

George Cooke

A.M.
East Tennessee University, 1853-1857

W.B. Reese

LL.D.
East Tennessee University, 1850-1853

Joseph Estabrook

A.M.
East Tennessee University, 1840-1850,
East Tennessee College, 1834-1840

James H. Piper

A.M.
East Tennessee College, 1833-1834

Charles Coffin

D.D.
East Tennessee College, 1827-1832

David Sherman

A.M.
East Tennessee College, 1820-1825

Samuel Carrick

A.M.
East Tennessee College, 1807-1809,
Blount College, 1794-1807