Thomas Alva Early

1916 - 1920

University of Georgia.

Quentin Miller Smith

1920 - 1938

B.S., George Peabody College for Teachers, 1917; M.A., 1927.

James Millard Smith

1938 - 1940

B.S., West Tennessee State Teachers College, 1929; M.A., George Peabody College for Teachers, 1930.

William Everett Derryberry

1940 - 1974

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, The University of Tennessee, 1928; B.A., (Honours) School of English Language and Literature; and M.A., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1932; D.Litt., University of Chattanooga, 1965; LL.D., Pepperdine College, 1967.

Arliss Lloyd Roaden

1974 - 1985

A. A., Cumberland Junior College, 1949; B.A. Cum Laude, Carson-Newman College, 1951; M.S., The University of Tennessee, 1958; Ed.D., 1961.

Wallace Samuel Prescott

1985 - 1987

B.S., Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, 1946, M.S., The University of Tennessee, 1952; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1961.

Angelo Anthony Volpe

1987 - 2000

B.S., Brooklyn College, 1959; M.S., University of Maryland, 1962; Ph.D., 1966.

Robert R. Bell

2000 - 2012

B.S., University of Florida, 1969; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., 1972.

2012 - present

Philip Oldham

B.S., Freed-Hardeman University, 1980; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1985.