List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leaders

Polk Place looking toward Wilson Library on the UNC campus

Leaders of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were known as Presidents until the formation of the Consolidated University of North Carolina in 1932. Between 1934 and 1945, the title Dean of Administration was used, which in turn became Chancellor. An asterisk (*) indicates an interim or acting appointment.

Presiding Professors

Rev. David Ker
(1794-1796)

Name	Term
Rev. David Ker	1794-1796
Charles Wilson Harris	1796
Rev. Joseph Caldwell	1796-1797
James Smiley Gillaspie (or Gillespie)	1797-1799
Rev. Joseph Caldwell	1799-1804

Presidents

Rev. Joseph Caldwell
(1796-1797, 1799-1812, and 1816-1835)

Kemp Plummer Battle
(1876-1891)

Name	Term
Rev. Joseph Caldwell	1804-1812
Robert Hett Chapman	1812-1816
Rev. Joseph Caldwell	1816-1835
Elisha Mitchell *	1835
David Lowry Swain	1835-1868
Rev. Solomon Pool	1869-1872
Rev. Charles Phillips	1875-1876
Kemp Plummer Battle	1876-1891
George Tayloe Winston	1891-1896
Edwin Anderson Alderman	1896-1900
Francis Preston Venable	1900-1914
Edward Kidder Graham	1914-1918
Marvin Hendrix Stacy	1918-1919
Harry Woodburn Chase	1919-1930
Frank Porter Graham	1930-1932

Dean of Administration

Name	Term
Robert Burton House	1934-1945

Chancellors

Name	Term
Robert Burton House	1945-1957
William Brantley Aycock	1957-1964
Paul Frederick Sharp	1964-1965
Joseph Carlyle Sitterson	1965-1972
Nelson Ferebee Taylor	1972-1980
Christopher Columbus Fordham	1980-1988
Paul Hardin	1988-1995
Michael Hooker	1995-1999
William Octavius McCoy *	1999-2000
James Moeser	2000-2008
Herbert Holden Thorp	2008-2013
Carol L. Folt	2013-