List of presidents of the University of Kentucky

It was founded by John Bryan Bowman in 1865 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky (A&M), a publicly charted department of Kentucky University (now called Transylvania University), under the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act.

[4] Maxwell Place, an Italianate villa located off Rose Street in the heart of campus, serves as the residence of the president.

[7] The president is appointed by the Board of Trustee and can only be removed "for incompetence, neglect of or refusal to perform duties, or for immoral conduct," and then only after notice and hearing.

[7] While the Board has delegated most administrative power to the President, it retains the right to approve certain major decisions, including the annual budget and establishing academic councils.

[11] A. D. Kirwan served only in an interim capacity, but was retroactively named the seventh president by the Board of Trustees.