List of Presidents of the University of Central Florida
List of presidents

List of Presidents of the University of Central Florida

Section Title: List of presidents
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Term	President	Background and accomplishments

First 1965–1978	Dr. Charles N.

Second 1978–1989	-	Under the leadership of Dr. Trevor Colbourn, and as the diversification and growth of the university's academic programs grew away from its strictly technological and scientific beginnings, the university was renamed from Florida Technological University to University of Central Florida in 1978.

Third 1989–1991	Dr. Steven Altman's inauguration festivities, which were upbeat and filled with hopeful rhetoric following a tremendous rise in the university's image under Colbourn, included an address by Gennadi Gerasimov, a spokesman for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Interim 1991–1992	Dr. Robert A.

Fourth 1992–2018	-	UCF's fourth president, Dr. John C.

Fifth 2018–2019	UCF's fifth and current president, Dale Whittaker (A. Dale Whittaker), succeeded Hitt on July 1, 2018, having previously served as provost (2014-2018) and executive vice president (2015-2018).

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Harold Trevor Colbourn served as the second President of the University of Central Florida, previously named Florida Technological University.
Harold Trevor Colbourn was the second President of the University of Central Florida, previously named Florida Technological University.
Harold Trevor Colbourn served as the second President of the University of Central Florida, formerly known as Florida Technological University.

final_sentence: Harold Trevor Colbourn served as the second President of the University of Central Florida, previously named Florida Technological University.
final_sentence: Harold Trevor Colbourn was the second President of the University of Central Florida, previously named Florida Technological University.
final_sentence: Harold Trevor Colbourn served as the second President of the University of Central Florida, formerly known as Florida Technological University.