Past University Provosts
| Allan P. Colburn1 | 1950 – 1955 |
| Carl J. Rees | 1955 – 1962 |
| John Shirley2 | 1962 – 1972 |
| John Worthen* | 1968 |
| Leon Campbell | 1972 – 1988 |
| Richard B. Murray* | 1988 – 1991 |
| Byron Pipes | 1991 – 1993 |
| Richard B. Murray3 | 1993 – 1994 |
| Melvyn Schiavelli | 1994 – 2002 |
| Dan Rich | 2002 – 2009 |
| Thomas Apple | 2009 – 2012 |
| Nancy Brickhouse* | 2012 – 2013 |
| Domenico Grasso | 2013 – |
1The Office of the Provost was created for Colburn in November 1950 when his service as Acting President of the University of Delaware ended with the arrival of John Perkins. Colburn died in 1955 while still serving as Provost.
2John Shirley served as Activing President of the University of Delaware from September 1967 through June 1968 with the arrival of Edward Arthur Trabant. Shirley then returned to his office as Provost
3When Richard B. Murray stepped down as Provost a second time (1994), the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware passed a resolution removing acting from his title in recognition of his service.
*As asterisk placed after the name indicates that this person served as an acting Provost only, and is not included in a count of official Provosts of the University of Delaware.
December 2014
