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Historical Name Changes Under Utah State Law
2013
Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah became Utah State University Eastern, effective May 14, 2013
Source: Chapter 465, Laws of Utah 2013 (amending Utah Code Annotated Section 53B-18-1201) .
2010
College of Eastern Utah became a comprehensive regional college of Utah State University called Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah, effective July 1, 2010
Source: Chapter 211, Laws of Utah 2010 (enacting Utah Code Annotated Section 53B-18-1201)
2000
Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science became Utah State University, effective July 1, 2000
Source: Chapter 7, Laws of Utah 2000 (amending Utah Code Annotated Section 53B-1-102 (1953))
1957
Utah State Agricultural College became Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, effective July 1, 1957
Source: Chapter 102, Laws of Utah 1957 (amending Utah Code Annotated Sections 53-32-2 to 53-32-3 (1953))
1929
The Agricultural College of Utah became Utah State Agricultural College, effective July 1, 1929
Source: Chapter 102, Laws of Utah 1957 (amending Utah Code Annotated Sections 53-32-2 to 53-32-3 (1953))
1929
The Agricultural College of Utah founded March 8, 1888
Source: Section 1852, Compiled Laws of Utah, 1888
Alumni Association Presidents and Directors
2023
President
Heather Mason
2021
President
Steve L. Palmer, Jr.
2019
President
Laurel Cannon Alder
2018
Director
Kimberly A. Larson
2017
Director
Sydney Peterson
President
David Glenn Butterfield
2015
President
Lane L. Thomas
2014
Director
David L. Clark
May 14, 2013
Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah became Utah State University Eastern
Source: Chapter 465, Laws of Utah 2013 (amending Utah Code Annotated Section 53B-18-1201)
Director
Robert T. Behunin
President
Stephen Floyd Noel
2012
Director
Kevin L. Rice
2011
President
Jody K. Burnett
July 1, 2010
College of Eastern Utah became a comprehensive regional college of Utah State University called Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah
Source: Chapter 211, Laws of Utah 2010 (enacting Utah Code Annotated Section 53B-18-1201)
2009
Director
Patricia A. Halaufia
President
Ralph W. Binns
2007
President
Paul D. Parkinson
2006
Director
Wallace S Odd II
2005
President
Kellie Shultz Wood
2003
President
J. Randy Watts
2001
President
Dennis L. Sessions
July 1, 2000
Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science became Utah State University
Source: Chapter 7, Laws of Utah 2000 (amending Utah Code Annotated Section 53B-1-102 (1953))
1997
President
David G. Moore
1995
President
Catherine D. Montgomery
1994
Director
G. Carlos Smith
1993
President
Richard D. Roberts
1991
President
Bruce L. Jorgensen
April 13, 1990
The new Hall of Dinosaurs and Traveling Exhibition Gallery open.
1989
Director
Jay Haws
President
Gary F. Blacker
1987
President
Cathy B. Van Skyhawk
1985
President
Melanie P. Raymond
1983
President
Alfred W. Koch
1982
Director
Douglas Thompson
1981
President
G. Carlos Smith
1979
Director
Michael D. Richards
President
Donniel C. Horlacher
1977
President
R. Dean Udy
1974
President
Leah Parkinson Christensen
1971
President
Jay Bingham
1970
Director
Gerald R. Sherratt
President
William Stockdale
1967
President
M. Ted Karren
1965
President
Conley Watts
1963
President
W. Eugene Hansen
1961
President
Joseph E. Whitesides
1960
Director
Swede Lynn Larson
1959
President
Joseph F. Cowley
July 1, 1957
Utah State Agricultural College became Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science
Source: Chapter 102, Laws of Utah 1957 (amending Utah Code Annotated Sections 53-32-2 to 53-32-3 (1953))
1957
President
Wesley D. Soulier
1955
President
George D. Clyde
1953
President
Ralph O. Porter
1952
Director
LeRoy A. Balser
1951
Director
Gordon Porter
1947
Director
Leonard W. McDonald
President
Name
1946
Director
Bernice Gray
1945
Director
Jack Croft
1944
Director
H. Parley Kilburn
1943
President
Alfred Russell Croft
1942
President
David A. Skeen
1941
Director
Leonard W. McDonald
President
L.R. Humpherys
1939
President
Asa Bullen
1937
President
Dr. Lowry Nelson
Robert L. Judd
1935
Director
Lloyd Johnson
President
Lloyd M. Theurer
1934
President
James W. Kirkbride
1933
President
Melvin C. Harris
1932
Director
H. Floyd Davis
1931
Director
Alden Lillywhite
President
Ralph O. Porter
1930
President
Arthur H. Saxer
July 1, 1929
The Agricultural College of Utah became Utah State Agricultural College
Source: Chapter 41, Laws of Utah 1929
1929
President
George R. Hill, Jr.
1928
Director
George P. Barber
1927
Director
Wilburn E. Thain
President
Bert L. Richards
1926
President
Ray B. West
1925
Director
D. Earle Robinson
President
Raymond J. Becraft
1924
Director
Raymond J. Becraft
President
Asa Bullen
1923
Director
George W. Thain
President
William Peterson
1922
Director
Edgar B. Brossard
President
Frank L. West
1920
Director
Keifer B. Sauls
President
Melvin C. Merrill
1919
Director
August J. Hansen
1917
Director
Lowry Nelson
1915
Director
Violet Greenhalgh Snow
1913
President
William Peterson
1912
Director
Canute Peterson
President
William D. Beers
1911
President
Charles W. Porter
1908
Director
John L. Coburn
President
Christian Larsen
1907
Director
Davis E. Stephens
President
Charles W. Porter
1906
Director
William Jardine, Jr.
President
Charles W. Porter
1905
Director
Robert Stewart
President
Verna Bowman Way
1904
Director
Geneva Egbert Chase
President
Joseph W. Jensen
1903
Director
Lydia Holmgren Tanner
President
William Peterson
1902
Director
Lewis A Merrill
President
Rose Homer Widtsoe
1901
Director
Mattie E. Stover
President
William H. Homer
1900
Director
Rose Homer Widtsoe
President
John T. Caine, Jr.
1989
Director
Annie Beers Petty
President
Lewis M Merrill
March 8, 1888
The Agricultural College of Utah is founded
Source: Section 1852, Compiled Laws of Utah, 1888