 Dr.
Thomas G. Carpenter
President 1969 - 1980
Dr. Carpenter was the university's first president and literally
managed the building of a school from the ground up converting
a swampy woodland into a beautiful campus.
He received his undergraduate degree from Memphis State University and
later earned his master's degree from Baylor University and a doctorate
from the University of Florida.
After holding a number of administration positions at Florida Atlantic
University and the University of West Florida, he was named the first
president of UNF in 1969.
After 11 years, Carpenter decided to return to Memphis State University
in 1980. This time he returned as the institution's president. He remained
at Memphis State until 1991 when he retired. He and his wife, Margaret,
now live in Blowing Rock, N.C.
 Dr. Andrew
Robinson
Interim President 1980-1982
Dr. Andrew Robinson was UNF's first interim president serving
for two years after the resignation of University's first
president Dr. Thomas G. Carpenter.
Robinson already had considerable experience at UNF when he was appointed
interim president. He began working at UNF in 1970 when the school was
still in the planning stages. He rose through administrative ranks in
the College of Education and was appointed dean in 1976. He developed
many contacts for the University with the Jacksonville community.
He served as interim president until Curtis McCray was named president.
 Dr.
Curtis L. McCray
President 1982 - 1988
Dr. McCray was inaugurated as the University's third president
in October 1982, the official anniversary of UNF's opening
10 years earlier. He led UNF into its second decade and emphasized
controlled growth and academic excellence.
He began his teaching career at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa
and then moved to Saginaw Valley State College in University Center,
Michigan, where he eventually became vice president of academic affairs.
In 1977, he became provost and vice president for academic affairs at
Governors State University near Chicago.
In 1988, after seven years at UNF, McCray accepted the presidency of
California State University at Long Beach, Calif. In 1993, McCray accepted
the presidency of Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. He left Millikin
in 1998 and accepted a position as president of National-Louis University
in Evanston, Illinois.
 Dr.
Roy E. McTarnaghan
Interim President 1988 - 1989
The second interim president was Dr. Roy E. McTarnaghan
who served from 1988 to 1989 until Dr. Adam Herbert was appointed
president.
McTarnaghan was vice chancellor of academic programs at the State University
System of Florida in Tallahassee, when he was appointed by the Board
of Regents. McTarnaghan was granted a leave from his SUS post which he
had accepted in 1975. He was later appointed president of Florida's newest
university, Florida Gulf Coast University and has since retired.
 Dr.
Adam W. Herbert
President 1989 - 1998
Dr. Herbert was a dominant force in the building of UNF
during his tenure from 1989 to 1998. He held his first faculty
appointment at USC in the School of Public Administration
and the Center for Urban Affairs. In 1972, he accepted an
appointment at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Virginia Tech). In 1974, Dr. Herbert was selected as one
of 15 White House Fellows and served as Special Assistant
to the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Following
that assignment, he served as Special Assistant to the U.S.
Undersecretary of Housing and Urban Development. In 1979
he was appointed a professor of public administration at
Florida International University.
Dr. Herbert resigned as
UNF's president in 1998 to become chancellor of the State
University System. He resigned from that position in 2001
to become the director of the newly-established Florida Center
for Public Policy and Leadership on the UNF campus. Dr. Adam
Herbert is now the president of the University of Indiana.
 Dr. E.K.
Fretwell
Interim President 1998
UNF's third interim president was Dr. E. K. Fretwell who
assumed the post in February of 1998 after Dr. Adam Herbert
was appointed chancellor of the State University System.
He served until Dr. Anne Hopkins was appointed and assumed
office in January of 1999.
Dr. Fretwell had extensive experience as a president before coming to
UNF. He led major universities in three states compiling more than 20
years of experience as a university president. His most recent post before
coming to UNF was president of University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
He also wrote a book about interim presidents at America's universities.
 Dr.
Anne H. Hopkins
President
1998 - 2002
Dr. Anne H. Hopkins earned her bachelor's and master's and
doctoral degrees in political science, from Syracuse University.
Her career began in 1968 when she was appointed an assistant
professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges in Geneva, N.Y. After three years, she was appointed
chair of the Department of Political Science. In 1974, she
became an associate professor of political science at the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In 1984, she was appointed
assistant provost and later vice provost. In 1990, she became
vice provost for arts, sciences and engineering at the University
of Minnesota. Two years later she was promoted to vice president
of Arts, Sciences and Engineering. In 1995, she became provost
and executive vice president for academic affairs at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio.
In 2002, Hopkins resigned from
her position as president and became a professor of political
science at UNF.
 Dr.
A. David Kline
Interim President 2002 – 2003
Dr. A. David Kline came to UNF in 1996 as the provost and
vice president for Academic Affairs. Previously, he served
for six years as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences at the State University of New York: New Paltz.
Kline served from 1984-90 as chair of the Department of Philosophy,
1986-90 as chair of the Religious Studies Program, and from
1988-90 as chair of the Bioethics Program at Iowa State University.
He began his academic career as an assistant professor at
Illinois State University before moving to Iowa State in
1977 Kline received his undergraduate degree in biology from
Wake Forest University in 1967. He was commissioned in the
army as a 1st Lieutenant in the Medical Services Corps and
served until 1970. He received a graduate degree in philosophy
from Northern Illinois University in 1971. In 1976, he received
his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. |
