The List of University of Florida faculty and administrators contains people currently and formerly serving the University of Florida as professors, deans, or in other educational capacities.
Academic administrators
Lise Abrams, chair of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Pomona College
Ruth H. Alexander, former Chair to the Physical Education Department at the University of Florida Orland K. Armstrong, founded the University of Florida School of Journalism and former member of the United States House of Representatives Sharon Wright Austin, Director of the African-American Studies Program at the University of Florida George Burgess, world-renowned shark expert; director of International Shark Attack File Roy C. Craven, founding director of the University Gallery and art professor David R. Colburn, professor of history and author Mark S. Gold, chairman of Department of Psychiatry and Distinguished Alumni Professor of University of Florida Bob Graham, former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator, founder of Bob Graham Center for Public Service Peter E. Hildebrand, director emeritus for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and professor Rudolf Kálmán, director at Center for Mathematical System Theory and mathematical system theorist, winner of IEEE Medal of Honor, and former graduate research professor Thomas Maren, founding father of the University of Florida College of Medicine, inventor of the drug Trusopt William McKeen, professor and chairman of Department of Journalism Jerald T. Milanich, anthropologist and archaeologist; curator of archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History Howard Odum, ecologist; started and directed Center for Environmental Policy at the University of Florida, founded the University's Center for Wetlands in 1973 John Anderson Palmer, philosopher and chairman of Department of Philosophy Leland Patouillet, former director of the University of Florida Alumni Association Ernest C. Pollard, professor of physics and biophysics; research scholar Sam Proctor, American historian, and founder of the oral history program; first UF Historian and Archivist Sartaj Sahni, computer scientist and chairman of the CISE department Richard L. Shriner, medical director, Shands Vista Psychiatric Hospital David Steadman, curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History Lee Sweeney, current director of the Myology Institute and professor with the University of Florida College of Medicine Martin Uman, leading authority on physics of lightning, director of the UF Lightning Research Laboratory Baba C. Vemuri, Director of Laboratory for Vision Graphics and Medical Imaging at University of Florida and professor Sarah Whiting, currently director at Princeton University School of Architecture
Presidents and Chancellors
Stan Albrecht, former researcher for University of Florida College of Medicine, former president of Utah State University Kern Alexander, former president of Western Kentucky University and Murray State University Samuel A. Banks, former president of Dickinson College and the University of Richmond George F. Baughman, former president of New College of Florida, former vice president of business affairs for University of Florida Jimmy Cheek, former professor and Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Robert G. Frank, former president of the University of New Mexico Elizabeth Hoffman, American historian, former President of University of Colorado System, and provost of Iowa State University Karen Holbrook, biological scientist, former president of Ohio State University, current vice president of University of South Florida Thomas Lyle Martin Jr., former President of the Illinois Institute of Technology Robert Mautz, attorney, and former president of State University System of Florida Alan Merten, former dean of the College of Business, current president of George Mason University Gene Nichol, former law professor, former president of The College of William & Mary James L. Oblinger, food scientist, former Chancellor of North Carolina State University John H. Owen, former president of the University of North Georgia Harry M. Philpott, former president of Auburn University Eugene G. Sander, former president of the University of Arizona Sheldon Schuster, current president of the Keck Graduate Institute Wei Shyy, current president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Betty Siegel, author, former president of University System of Georgia, former dean of academy affairs for continuing education Leonard Cheng, current president of Lingnan University (Hong Kong)