University of North Texas 
Our History
Everything has a history, even departents of history! Here is some information about us, compiled by Dr. Al Mierzejewski.
Department of History Gallery
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Photograph of Dr. Hugh M. Ayer |
Photograph of history department faculty and students, 1962 |
 Photograph of Dr. Randolph "Mike" Campbell in the 1960s |
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 Dr. Roberto Calderon in his office, 2005 |
Department of history students, 1962 |
 Dr. Gus Seligmann chosen as commencement speaker, 1995 |
History of Department Chairs and Faculty
North Texas State Normal School/NTSU/UNT History Department Leaders
Summary:
Lewis W. Newton 1926, 1928-1932, 1933-1951
Frank Hall Gaffard 1951-1965
Jack Scroggs 1966-1976
William Kamman 1977-1989, 1993-1994
Robert S. LaForte 1990-1993
Richard Golden 1994-2001
Harold M. Tanner 2001-2005, 2016-2019
Adrian Lewis 2005-2007
Richard McCaslin 2008-2016
Jennifer Jensen Wallach 2019-2024
Rachel Louise Moran 2025
Michael D. Wise 2025-Present
North Texas State Normal School/NTSU/UNT History Department Leaders
Details by Year
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Leader |
Other Faculty |
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1890 |
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History classes listed, but no faculty. |
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1891 |
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Same thing. |
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1892 |
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1893 |
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1894 |
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1895 |
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1896 |
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1897 |
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1898 |
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no history instructors |
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1899 |
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1900 |
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W.J. Sowder |
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1901 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
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1902 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
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1903 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
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1904 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
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1905 |
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Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
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1906 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
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1907 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis, Emma Mitchell |
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1908 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Mitchell |
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1909 |
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Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Gay Mitchell |
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1910 |
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E.D. Criddle, English and history, Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Gay Mitchell |
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1911 |
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E.D. Criddle, English and history, Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis history and geography, Emma Gay Mitchell |
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1912 |
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E.D. Criddle, Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Mrs. Emma G. Mitchell |
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1913 |
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E.D. Criddle, Mrs. Hayden Lewis, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, J.R. Swanson, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1914 |
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E.D. Criddle, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1915 |
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E.D. Criddle, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1916 |
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E.D. Criddle, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1917 |
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E.D. Criddle, S.S. McKay, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1918 |
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Harland H. Allen, E.D. Criddle, S.S. McKay, Miss Emma G. Mitchell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1919 |
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E.D. Criddle, S.S. McKay, Miss Anna Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1920 |
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E.D. Criddle, E.H. Farrington, S.S. McKay, L.W. Newton |
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1921 |
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Ross Compton, E.D. Criddle (associate dean), Miss Lillian Elvira Johnson, Donald McDonald, L.W. Newton, A.V. Peterson, Miss Anna Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1922 |
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E.D. Criddle (associate dean), Julius Dorsey, Donald McDonald, S.S. McKay, B.H. Miller, L.W. Newton, Miss Anna Irion Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1923 |
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C.A. Bridges, Ross Compton, E.D. Criddle (dean of men), Ernest David, L.W. Newton, Miss Anna Powell, Miss Cora Belle Wilson |
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1924 |
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Margaret Butler, C.A. Bridges, L.W. Newton, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1925 |
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Margaret Butler, E.D. Criddle, E.H. Farrington, L.W. Newton, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1926 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
Clarence A. Bridges, Margaret Butler, E.H. Farrington, Joseph L. Kingsbury, J. Carl Matthews, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1927 |
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Clarence Allan Bridges, Lewis W. Newton, Joseph Lyman Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1928 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Margaret Butler, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury (curator museum), Cora Belle Wilson |
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1929 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Annabelle Pritchard, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1930 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna I. Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1931 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna I. Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1932 |
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C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Lewis Wilham Newton, Anna I. Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1933 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Wilson |
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1934 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Wilson |
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1935 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Wilson |
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1936 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Cora Wilson |
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1937 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Irion Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1938 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1939 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
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1940 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
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1941 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, E.H. Farrington, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
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1942 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Wilson |
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1943 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1944 |
n/a |
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1945 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
J. L. Kingsbury, Anna Powell, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1946 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1947 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1948 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
C.A. Bridges, Cora Belle Wilson |
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1949 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
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1950 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
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1951 |
Lewis W. Newton, director |
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1951 |
F.H. Gaffard |
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1952 |
F.H. Gaffard |
Bridges, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
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1953 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. |
Bridges, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
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1954 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
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1955 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
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1956 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Powell, Scroggs |
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1957 |
(Frank Hall Gaffard). Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Nichols, Powell, Scroggs |
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1958 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Bridges, Eubank, Hagan, Healy, Hawley, Powell, Nichols, Scroggs |
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1959 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Eubank, Hawley, Kottman, Linden, Nichols, Parks, Scroggs, Standard. |
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1960 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Brewer, Eubank, Hawley, Kottman, Odom, Powell (w), Standard |
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1961 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Brewer, Eubank, Hagan, Kottman, Nicholls, Jr., Powell (w), Standard |
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1962 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Ayer, Brewer, Eubank, Hagan, Hawley, Kottman |
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1963 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
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1964 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Eubank, Odom, Worcester |
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1965 |
Frank Hall Gaffard. Also dean of College of Arts & Sciences |
Thomas Brewer, William Hagan, Richard A. Kottman, E. Odom, Jack Scroggs, Harry F. Snapp |
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1966 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
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1967 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
D.E. Chipman, E.W. Hawley, E.O. Odom, William P. Vaughn. |
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1968 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
Hugh M. Ayer, Larry Bowman, Donald Chipman, William Kamman, F.B. Lowry |
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1969 |
Jack Scroggs, director |
Ph.D. program started |
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1970 |
Jack Scroggs, chairman |
Tomazcina Dixon, Charles Keener part-time Black instructors |
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1971 |
Jack Scroggs, chairman |
Dr. Harry Snapp |
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1972 |
page missing |
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1973 |
Nothing |
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1974 |
Nothing. |
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1975 |
Nothing |
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1976 |
Scroggs, chair |
27+1 (tenure track + adjuncts/lecturers) |
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1977 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1 |
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1978 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1 |
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1979 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1 |
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1980 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
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1981 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
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1982 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
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1983 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
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1984 |
William Kamman, chair |
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1985 |
William Kamman, chair |
25+1 |
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1986 |
William Kamman, chair |
26+1, now counting Kamman |
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1987 |
William Kamman, chair |
27 |
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1988 |
William Kamman, chair |
27 |
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1989 |
William Kamman, chair |
27 |
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1990 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
29+1 |
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1991 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
27+1 |
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1992 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
28+2 |
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1993 |
Robert S. LaForte, chair |
30+1 |
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1994 |
William Kamman, interim chair |
28+1 |
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1995 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
30 |
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1996 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
32 |
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1997 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
31+1 |
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1998 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
30+1 |
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1999 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
28+1 |
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2000 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
26+1 |
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2001 |
Richard M. Golden, chair |
26+1 |
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2002 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
25 faculty |
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2003 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
24 faculty |
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2004 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
23 faculty |
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2005 |
Adrian Lewis, chair |
26 faculty |
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2006 |
Adrian Lewis, chair |
27 faculty |
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2007 |
Adrian Lewis, chair |
26 |
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2008 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
28+4 |
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2009 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
24+4 |
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2010 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
34 |
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2011 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2012 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2013 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2014 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2015 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2016 |
Richard McCaslin, chair |
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2017 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
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2018 |
Harold M. Tanner, chair |
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2019 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2020 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2021 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2022 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2023 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2024 |
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, chair |
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2025 |
Rachel Louise Moran, chair |
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2025 |
Michael D. Wise, chair |
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