| Thomas Alva Early |
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1916 - 1920 |
| University of Georgia. |
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| Quentin Miller Smith |
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1920 - 1938 |
| B.S. 1917 and M.A. 1927, George Peabody College for Teachers. |
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| James Millard Smith |
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1938 - 1940 |
| B.S. 1929, West Tennessee State Teachers College; M.A., 1930, George Peabody College for Teachers. |
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| William Everett Derryberry |
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1940 - 1974 |
| B.A., Summa Cum Laude, The University of Tennessee, 1928; B.A. (Honours School of English Language and Literature) and M.A., 1932, Oxford University; Oxford, England; D.Litt., University of Chattanooga, 1965; LL.D., Pepperdine College, 1967. |
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1974 - 1985 |
| Arliss Lloyd Roaden |
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| A.A., Cumberland Junior College, 1949; B.A., Cum Laude, Carson-Newman College, 1951; M.S. The University of Tennessee, 1958; Ed.D., 1961. |
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| Wallace Samuel Prescott |
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1985 - 1987 |
| B.S., Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, 1946; M.S., The University of Tennessee, 1952; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1961. |
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| Angelo Anthony Volpe |
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1987 - 2000 |
| B.S., Brooklyn College, 1959; M.S., 1962; Ph.D., 1966, University of Maryland. |
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| Robert R. Bell |
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2000 - 2012
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| B. S., University of Florida, 1969; M. A., 1970; Ph.D., 1972. |
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| Philip Oldham |
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2012 - present |
| B.S., Freed-Hardeman University, 1980; Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1985. |
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