University of Arkansas System

The original and flagship campus was established in Fayetteville as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 under the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act.

The Division of Agriculture was established in 1959 as a statewide system unit with its own line-item appropriation from the state Legislature.

University of Arkansas President David Wiley Mullins, along with the Board of Trustees, brokered a series of mergers in the late 1960s.

Up until 1982, the president was the chief administrative officer of the Fayetteville campus and the University of Arkansas System.

In 1982, the position of chancellor was created to be the top administrator at the Fayetteville campus, and the title of president referred only to the University of Arkansas System.