2011-present
Missouri State University Interim President
Interim President Clif Smart
Presidential History
2010-2011
James E. Cofer, Sr, president
Missouri State University
2005-2010
Michael T. Nietzel, president
Missouri State University
1993-2005
John H. Keiser, president
Southwest Missouri State University
1992-93
Russell Keeling, acting president
Southwest Missouri State University
1983-92
Marshall Gordon, president
Southwest Missouri State University
1971-1983
Duane G. Meyer, president
Southwest Missouri State College
Southwest Missouri State University
1964-71
Arthur Lee Mallory, president
Southwest Missouri State College
1961-64
Leland Eldridge Traywick, president
Southwest Missouri State College
1926-61
Roy Ellis, president
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College
Southwest Missouri State College
1918-26
Clyde Milton Hill, president
Normal School #4
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College
1906-18
William Thomas Carrington, president
Normal School #4