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Chairs of the Board of Trustees
Historical Listing of Chairs of The University of Akron's Board of Trustees
(During 1870-1913, The University of Akron was a private institution known as Buchtel College.)
Name |
Term as Chair |
| Mr. Parke R. Kolbe | 1913-1915 |
| Mr. Frank M. Cooke | 1915-1926 |
| Mr. John W. Thomas | 1926-1942 |
| Mr. Cletus G. Roetzel | 1943-1951 |
| Mr. Lee R. Jackson | 1952-1954 |
| Mr. Hurl J. Albrecht | 1955-1961 |
| Mr. Harry P. Schrank | 1961-1970 |
| Mr. Vincent H. Johnson | 1970-1974 |
| Mr. Raymond C. Bliss | 1970-1974 |
| Mr. W. Howard Fort | 1974-1977 |
| Mr. Bernard I. Rosen | 1977-1980 |
| Mr. Robert J. Kidney | 1980-1981 |
| Mr. Raymond C. Bliss | 1981 |
| Mr. Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. | 1981-1984 |
| Mr. John S. Steinhauer | 1984-1986 |
| Ms. Janet B. Purnell | 1986-1987 |
| Mr. Benjamin G. Ammons | 1987-1988 |
| Mr. Eugene D. Graham | 1988-1989 |
| Mr. David L. Headley | 1989-1992 |
| Mr. Benjamin G. Ammons | 1992-1993 |
| Mr. Melvin E. Farris | 1993-1994 |
| Mrs. Rainy G. Stitzlein | 1994-1997 |
| Mr. Alex R. Arshinkoff | 1997-2001 |
| Mr. David E. "Gene" Waddell | 2001-2002 |
| Dr. Mark N. Apte | 2002-2003 |
| Mrs. Patricia L. Graves | 2003-2004 |
| Dr. Donald E. Demkee | 2004-2005 |
| Dr. John A. Fink | 2005-2006 |
| Dr. William F. Demas | 2006-2008 |
| Mr. Philip S. Kaufmann | 2008-2010 |
| Ms. Ann Amer Brennan | 2010-2012 |
| Mr. Richard W. Pogue | 2012-Present |
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