predecessor birth_place title birth_date term_start article_title name alma_mater
james h. daughdrill , jr. . bolivar , tennessee president of rhodes college 13 june 1949 march 30 , 1999 william e. troutt
 william e. troutt union university
william e. troutt

william earl `` bill '' troutt -lrb- born june 13 , 1949 -rrb- has served as the 19th president of rhodes college in memphis , tennessee since 1999 .
from 1982 to 1999 , he served as the president of belmont university in nashville , tennessee .
