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.
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, 1994
Robert S. LaForte 1990-1993
Harold M. Tanner 2002-2004, 2017-2018
Adrian Lewis 2005-2007
Richard McCaslin 2008-2016
Jennifer Jensen Wallach 2019-2024
Rachel Louise Moran 2025
Michael D. Wise 2025-Present
Photograph of Dr. Hugh M. Ayer from the Portal to Texas History
Photograph of Dr. Randolph "Mike" Campbell in the 1960s, from the Portal to Texas History
North Texas State Normal School/NTSU/UNT History Department Leaders
Details by Year
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Year |
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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