Vanderbilt University

Organization

Board of Trust

Vanderbilt University, as any private corporation, is wholly governed by an independent, self-perpetuating Board of Trust. The Board is comprised of 45 regular members (as well any number of Trustees Emeriti, plus the Chancellor). Each trustee serves a five-year term. A complete, up-to-date listing of the members of the Board of Trust can be found here. Martha Rivers Ingram is the current Chairman of the Board of Trust.

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Chancellor

Gordon Gee is the current Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Appointed by the Board of Trust, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the University, and serves only at the pleasure of the Board. Prior to his appointment in February 2000, Gee had served as President of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Related Topics:
Gordon Gee - Chancellor - Chief Executive Officer - February - 2000 - Brown University - Providence - Rhode Island

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Prior to Gee, the following men were chancellor:

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• Landon Garland (1875–1893)
• James Kirkland (1893–1937)
• Oliver Carmichael (1937–1946)
• Harvie Branscomb (1946–1962)
• Alexander Heard (1963–1982)
• Joe B. Wyatt (1982–2000)

Academic divisions

Vanderbilt University is currently divided into ten degree-granting units. Each division is headed by a Dean. The divisions of the University (and their current Dean) are:

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• College of Arts and Science - Richard McCarty
• Blair School of Music - Mark Wait
• School of Engineering - Kenneth F. Galloway
• Peabody College of Education and Human Development - Camilla Benbow
• Graduate School - Dennis Hall, Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Education
• Divinity School - James Hudnut-Beumler
• Law School - Kent D. Syverund
• School of Medicine - Steven G. Gabbe
• School of Nursing - Colleen Conway-Welch
• Owen Graduate School of Management - Jim Bradford