University President

Yan-Hwa Wu Lee (1976) is president of National Yang-Ming University in Tapei, Taiwan.

I. King Jordan Jr. (1971, 1973) retired as president of Gallaudet University at the end of 2006. He was the first deaf president of Gallaudet, a university for the deaf …

Joseph E. Johnson (1958, 1968) was president of the University of Tennessee from 1991 to 1999. In 2003-2004 he returned as interim president.

Sherry L. Hoppe (1981) became president of Austin Peay (Tenn.) State University in 2001. She holds the master’s degree from UT Chattanooga and the doctorate in educational administration from UT …

Emerson H. “Eli” Fly (1961) was president of UT from 2001 to 2002. In 2002, he began serving as the first president of the University of Tennessee Foundation. He is …

Dr. Earl D. Brooks (1977) became president of Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana, in 2000.

Edward J. Boling (1948, 1950) was president of the University of Tennessee from 1970 to 1988. He is a former Tennessee commissioner of finance and administration.

Edward L. Ayers (1974) is president of the University of Richmond (Va.). From 2001 until 2007, Ayers was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of …