List of presidents of the University of South Carolina

The following is a list of the presidents of the University of South Carolina from its founding as South Carolina College in 1801, to the present day.

Presidents of the University of South Carolina ImageNameTerm startTerm endSouth Carolina College (1801–1865)1 Jonathan Maxcy 1804 1820 2 Thomas Cooper 1821 1834 acting Robert Henry 1834 1834 acting Henry Junius Nott 1834 1835 3 Robert Woodward Barnwell 1835 1841 4 Robert Henry 1841 1845 5 William C. Preston 1845 1851 acting Francis Lieber 1851 1851 6 James H. Thornwell 1851 1855 7 Charles F. McCay 1855 1857 8 Augustus B. Longstreet 1857 1861 acting Maximilian LaBorde 1861 1865 University of South Carolina (1866–1877)acting Robert Woodward Barnwell 1865 1873 acting Benjamin B. Babbitt 1873 1875 acting Anson W. Cummings 1875 1877 South Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanics (1880–1881)9 William Porcher Miles 1880 1882 South Carolina College (1882–1905)10 John McLaren McBryde 1883 1891 11 James Woodrow 1891 1897 12 Frank C. Woodward 1897 1902 acting Benjamin Sloan 1902 1903 13 1903 1908University of South Carolina (1905–present)acting Andrew C. Moore 1908 1909 14 Samuel Chiles Mitchell 1909 1913 acting Andrew C. Moore 1913 1914 15 William Spenser Currell 1914 1922 16 William Davis Melton 1922 1926 acting Leonard T. Baker 1926 1926 17 Davison McDowell Douglas 1927 1931 18 Leonard T. Baker 1931 1936 19 James Rion McKissick 1936 1944 acting Leonard T. Baker 1944 1945 20 Norman Murray Smith 1945 1952 acting Francis Wright Bradley 1952 1952 21 Donald S. Russell 1952 1957 acting Robert Llewellyn Sumwalt 1957 1959 22 1959 196223 Thomas F. Jones 1962 1974 24 William H. Patterson 1974 1977 25 James B. Holderman 1977 1990 interim Arthur K. Smith 1990 1991 26 John M. Palms 1991 June 30, 2002 27 Andrew A. Sorensen July 1, 2002 July 31, 2008 28 Harris Pastides August 1, 2008 July 31, 2019 29 Robert L. Caslen August 1, 2019 May 13, 2021 interim Harris Pastides May 13, 2021 June 30, 2022 30 Michael Amiridis July 1, 2022 present

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