Past Leaders

2007-2024

Gene D. Block, Chancellor

2006-2007

Norman Abrams, Acting Chancellor

1997-2006

Albert Carnesale, Chancellor

1968-1997

Charles Young, Chancellor

1960-1968

Franklin Murphy, Chancellor

1959-1960

Vern Knudsen, Chancellor

1952-1959

Raymond Allen, Chancellor

1945-1950

Clarence Dykstra, Provost

1937-1942

Earle Hedrick, Provost

1919-1936

Ernest Moore, Co-Founder

Other Key Figures

Two other key figures played leading roles in UCLA history: Regent Edward Dickson is considered the co-founder of UCLA, and UC President Robert G. Sproul took on the role of acting provost after Ernest Moore's retirement in 1936.

1930-1958

Robert G. Sproul, UC President

1913-1956

Edward Dickson, UC Regent and Co-Founder of UCLA