UK Provost

As the university searches for a provost it seems a good time to look back at UK's previous provosts.  In its over 150 year history the University of Kentucky has had only seven provosts:

Elvis Stahr - Law
1954-1957

A. D. Albright - Education
1960-1962

Lewis Cochran - Physics
1965-1967

Mike Nietzel - Psychology
2002-2005

Kumble Subbaswamy - Physics
2006-2012

Christine Riordan - Business
2013-2015

Tim Tracy - Pharmacy
2015-2017

The first provost was not appointed until 1954 and there have been extended periods since when UK operated without a provost.  Instead, a Vice-President for Academic Affairs or a Chancellor of the Lexington Campus served as the chief academic officer for the university.