Past Presidents*

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Dakota State University Historical Timeline

Year	President	Term
1883	Professor Charles S. Richardson, First President	1883-1887
1887	William F. Gorrie, President	1887-1889
1889	General William Henry Harrison Beadle, President	1889-1905
1901	Professor William W. Girton, Acting President — President Beadle on year's sick leave to regain his health.	1901-1902
1905	John W. Heston, President	1905-1920
	Bela Malcom Lawrence, Acting President	Feb - July, 1920
1920	Edgar Creighton Higbie, President	1920-1931
1931	E.A. Bixler, Acting President	1931-1933
1933	Vayne Arnold Lowry, President	1933-1962
1962	Dr. Laurence Samuel Flaum, President	1962-1967
1967	Dr. Harry Pitkin Bowes, President	1967-1971
1971	Dr. Allen R. Millar, DSU Acting President
1972	Dr. Francis Gordon Foster, President	1972-1974
1974	Dr. Carrol Krause, DSU Provost	1974-1978
1978	Dr. Carleton M. Opgaard, President	1978-1983
1983	Charles Luke, President	1983-1984
1984	Dr. Richard J. Gowen, President	1984-1987
1987	Dr. Jerald A. Tunheim, President	1987-2003
2004	Dr. Douglas D. Knowlton, President	2004-2012
2012	Dr. David B. Borofsky, President	2012 to present