Past Presidents & Campus Leaders
UNLV has come a long way since the first college-level course started in a spare room at Las Vegas High School. Find out about the people who helped shape UNLV into the institution it is today.
David B. Ashley,
Eighth President, UNLV
(2006-2009)
Carol C. Harter,
Seventh President, UNLV
(1995-2006)
Kenny C. Guinn,
Sixth President (Interim), UNLV
(1994-1995)
Robert C. Maxson,
Fifth President, UNLV
(1984-1994)
Leonard E. "Pat" Goodall,
Fourth President, UNLV
(1979-1984)
Brock Dixon,
Acting President, UNLV
(1978-1979)
Donald H. Baepler,
Third President, UNLV
(1973-1978)
Roman J. Zorn,
Second President, UNLV
(1969-1973)
Donald H. Baepler,
Acting President, UNLV
(1968-1969)
Donald C. Moyer,
First President, UNLV/Nevada Southern University
(1965-1968)
William D. Carlson,
Dean, Southern Regional Division of the University of Nevada
(1957-1964)
James Dickinson,
Campus Leader, Southern Regional Division of the University of Nevada
(1951-1957)
Sources:
Hulse, James W.; Goodall, Leonard; and Allen, Jackie. Reinventing the System: Higher Education in Nevada. University of Nevada Press, 2002.
Moehring, Eugene P. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas: A History. University of Nevada Press, 2007.
