History of UArts Leadership 

This photograph of a drawing classroom in Dorrance Hamilton Hall first appeared in the 1898-1899 school catalog.

 

PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ART 

1877-1879 - Coleman Sellers

1879-1881 - William H. Merrick

1881-1897 - William Platt Pepper

1897-1920 - Theodore C. Search

1920-1926 - John D. McIlhenny

1926-1933 - Eli Kirk Price

1933-1948 - J. Stogdell Stokes

1948-1966 - R. Sturgis Ingersoll

Student in courtyard playing guitar 1964

 

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART

1966-1975 - George D. Culler: appointed July 1, 1965; inaugurated May 2, 1966

1975-1983 - Thomas F. Schutte

1983-2000 - Peter Solmssen

Dance class from 1987

 

UARTS

Oct. 27, 1987: UArts name change convocation; Solmssen continues as the university's president

2000-2007 - Miguel Angel Corzo: appointed July 1, 2000; inaugurated Nov. 6, 2000

2007-2014 - Sean T. Buffington: appointed Aug. 15, 2007; inaugurated April 18, 2008 

2014-2015 - Provost Kirk Pillow serves as interim acting president

2016-2023 - David Yager: appointed Jan. 15, 2016; inaugurated Oct. 17, 2016

2023-present - Kerry Walk: appointed Aug. 1, 2023; to be inaugurated May 16, 2024

 

President Kerry Walk with student viewing a wall of graphic design work