Joe Billy Wyatt[1] served as the sixth chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1982 to 2000.

[5] He moved to Harvard University, where he first worked in the Office of Information Technology from 1972 to 1976 and as Vice President for Administration from 1976 to 1982.

[5] He led EDUCOM, a computer education network of 450 institutions and co-wrote Financial Planning Models for Colleges and Universities.

[3] In 1998, during his tenure, the university received a US$300 million donation from Martha Rivers Ingram.

[7] He is also a Director of the Advanced Network and Services, the EAA Aviation Foundation, Ingram Micro, Inc., and Hercules, Inc.[4] He was a co-founder of the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, and is a former Chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Government Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences.