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31:University of Tulsa Presidents
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270:1934–1935 (Acting President)
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286:28 June 1935 – 30 June 1959
273:Vice President 1934 - 1936.
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174:1 August 1916 – 3 June 1917
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335:15 June 1968 – 21 May 1989
206:1 April 1918 – 3 June 1920
90:1 March 1899 – 31 May 1908
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110:2 June 1908–December 1909
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314:Eugene Laurrel Swearingen
234:Franklin Geselbracht Dill
142:June 1911–5 October 1915
730:"TU Names New President"
158:23 November 1915 – 1916
138:Frederick William Hawley
126:December 1909–June 1911
54:William Addison Caldwell
257:Title was Chancellor.
222:June 1920–1 June 1924
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331:Joseph Paschal Twyman
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186:James Gilmer McMurtry
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1137:Categories
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995:Langenheim
515:References
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395:1996–2004
380:1990–1996
238:1924–1927
190:1917–1918
58:1894–1896
26:Presidents
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987:Finlayson
971:J. Gordon
923:S. Gordon
45:Comments
1085:# (2012)
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947:C. Evans
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786:Archived
659:Archived
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1027:Twyman
931:Hawley
915:Beeler
1107:Levit
1091:Upham
1075:Orsak
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