Harold Trevor Colbourn (24 February 1927 – 12 January 2015) was an Australian professor and academic administrator, who served as the second president of the University of Central Florida, previously named Florida Technological University.

As a young man, Colbourn and his family moved to England where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history at the University of London.

[2] On 1 July 1978, Colbourn took office as the second president of the University of Central Florida (UCF).

He was appointed by the Florida Board of Regents on 9 January 1978, to succeed Charles N. Millican, the founding president of UCF.

[2] Colbourn retired from UCF in 2006 but still remained active in the university community.