List of Georgia Institute of Technology faculty
Name Department Notability
George P. Bud Peterson President : 2009 - present
G. Wayne Clough President : 1994 - 2008 the first alumnus to become President of Georgia Tech ; separated the Ivan Allen College of Management , Policy , and International Affairs into the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts ; returned the College of Management to College status
John Patrick Crecine President : 1987 - 1994 initiated the establishment of the College of Computing ( the first computing college in the US ) , the Ivan Allen College of Management , Policy , and International Affairs , and the College of Sciences ; served as Chairman of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association and as President of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation ; active member of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games before and after Atlanta was chosen as host for the Centennial Games
Joseph M. Pettit President : 1972 - 1986
Arthur G. Hansen President : 1969 - 1971
Edwin D. Harrison President : 1957 - 1969
Blake R. Van Leer President : 1944 - 1956 instrumental in making the school and Atlanta the first major research center in the American South
Marion L. Brittain President : 1922 - 1944 establish the David Guggenheim School of Aeronautics ; established the first ROTC unit in the Southern United States ; got accreditation for the Institute by SACS ; attributed with providing the vision and securing the finances to move Georgia Tech away from its roots as a teaching-oriented trade school and towards a new focus on science and technology
Kenneth G. Matheson President : 1906 - 1922 oversaw the school 's transition from a trade school to a technological university ; pioneered the bill that would eventually result in the establishment of the GTRI
Lyman Hall President : 1896 - 1905 noted for his aggressive fundraising and improvements to the school ; opened the first textile engineering school in the Southern United States ; established new degrees : electrical engineering , civil engineering , textile engineering , engineering chemistry ; was an infamous disciplinarian , punishing the entire senior class because they came home a day late from Christmas vacation
Isaac S. Hopkins President : 1888 - 1896
This list of Georgia Institute of Technology faculty current and former faculty, staff and presidents of the Georgia Institute of Technology.