| NAME | DEPARTMENT | TERM |
| James A. Lake | College of Law | 1971-1972 |
| Wallace Rudolph | 1972-1973 | |
| Wallace Peterson | Economics | 1973-1974 |
| Richard Gilbert | Chemical Engineering | 1974-1975 |
| Franklin Eldridge | Animal Science | 1975-1976 |
| Henry Baumgarten | Geology | 1976-1977 (September to mid July) |
| Michael Turner | Agricultural Economics | 1977 (mid July to December) |
| James A. Lake | College of Law | 1978 (January to December) |
| William Campbell | Physics & Astronomy | 1979 (January to December) |
| Ezekiel Bahar | Electrical Engineering | 1980 (January to December) |
| James O'Hanlon | Curriculum & Instruction | 1981 (January to December) |
| Larry Walklin | Broadcasting | 1982-1983 (January 1982-Mary 1983) |
| Maurice Baker | Agricultural Economics | 1983-1984 |
| Norman Thorson | College of Law | 1984-1985 |
| Desmond Wheeler | Chemistry | 1985-1986 |
| Allen Blezek | Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication | 1986-1987 |
| Jim Lewis | Mathematics | 1987-1988 |
| Robert Diffendal | Survey Division - School of Natural Resources | 1988-1989 |
| James McShane | English | 1989-1991 |
| George Tuck | News-Editorial | 1991-1992 |
| Royce Ballinger | School of Biological Sciences | 1992-1992 (May to December) |
| Sally Wise | College of Law | 1993-1994 (January 1993-1994) |
| Fred Choobineh | Industial & Management Systems Engineering | 1994-1995 |
| H. Douglas Jose | Agricultural Economics | 1995-1996 |
| Peter Bleed | Anthropology | 1996-1997 |
| James E. Ford | English | 1997-1998 |
| Patricia F. Kennedy | Marketing | 1998-1999 (April to January) |
| Gail Latta | University Libraries | 1999-2000 (January to April) |
| Sheila Scheideler | Animal Science | 2000-2001 |
| Miles Bryant | Educational Administration | 2001-2002 |
| Tice Miller | Theatre Arts | 2002-2003 |
| John Wunder | History | 2003-2004 |
| E. Wesley Peterson | Agricultural Economics | 2004-2005 |
| Mary Beck | Animal Science | 2005-2006 |
| Aleidine Moeller | Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education | 2006-2007 |
| Steven Bradford | College of Law | 2007-2008 |
| Kathy Prochaska-Cue | Child, Youth & Family Studies | 2008-2009 |
| John Fech | Southeast Research and Extension Center | 2009-2010 |
| John Lindquist | Agronomy & Horticulture | 2010-2011 |
| Barbara LaCost | Educational Administration | 2011-2012 |
| Mathias Schubert | Electrical Engineering | 2012-2013 |
| Rigoberto Guevara | Modern Languages and Literature | 2013-2014 |
| Ken Nickerson | School of Biological Sciences | 2014-2015 |
| John Bender | College of Journalism & Mass Communications | 2015-2016 |
| David Woodman | School of Biological Sciences | 2016-2017 |
| Sarah Purcell | Southeast Research & Extension Center | 2017-2018 |
| Jeffrey Rudy | Nutrition and Health Sciences | April 24, 2018-October 2, 2018 (impeached) |
| Kevin Hanrahan | Glenn Korff School of Music | October 2, 2018-April 28, 2020 |
| Nicole Buan | Biochemistry | April 28, 2020-April 27, 2021 |
| Steve Kolbe | Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film | April 27, 2021-April 26, 2022 |
| Kelli Kopocis | Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction | May 2023-May 2024 |