List of presidents of the University of Maryland, College Park
C. Daniel Mote Jr., President of the University of Maryland from 1998 to 2010.
The president of the University of Maryland, College Park manages the day-to-day operations of the University of Maryland, College Park. The president is expected to work cooperatively with the University Senate and the University System of Maryland Board of Regents to effectively manage the university.
List of presidents of the University of Maryland
Presidents of the Maryland Agricultural College and Maryland State College
Benjamin Hallowell, the first President of the Maryland Agricultural College
The school was known as the Maryland Agricultural College from its founding until the state of Maryland assumed control of the university in 1916. It was then renamed the Maryland State College.
H.C. "Curley" Byrd spent five decades at the university as an engineering student and multi-sport athlete, football and baseball coach, athletic director, and administrator.
The name of the school was changed to the University of Maryland in 1926.
In 1989, the office of the President was re-established following the re-organization of the public schools of Maryland under the new University System of Maryland.
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