Below is the list of rectors of the Middle East Technical University in Turkey. The founding director of METU was Thomas Godfrey.[1] The founding rector of Middle East Technical University was Prof. Willis Raymond Woolrich, an academic who served as a dean at the University of Texas for 25 years.[2][3] Edwin S. Burdell, who served as president of the Cooper Union for 22 years and was the first dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also served as a president at METU.[4][5] The first Turkish rector was Turhan Feyzioğlu. The incumbent rector is Ahmet Yozgatlıgil.[6]
Kemal Kurdaş initiated the creation of Ankara campus for Middle East Technical University and a large forest around it on what was barren land.
| Rector (president) |
Duration
|
| Thomas Godfrey
|
15.11.1956 – 15.11.1958
|
| Willis Raymond Woolrich[2][3]
|
15.11.1958 – 11.01.1960
|
| Edwin S. Burdell[7]
|
11.01.1960 – 17.08.1960
|
| Turhan Feyzioğlu |
17.08.1960 – 08.02.1961
|
| Seha Meray |
23.02.1961 – 05.08.1961
|
| Kemal Kurdaş |
20.11.1961 – 30.11.1969
|
| Erdal İnönü |
11.09.1970 – 09.03.1971
|
| Şefik Erensü |
04.06.1971 – 23.03.1971
|
| İsmet Ordemir |
01.04.1971 – 01.04.1974
|
| Tarık Somer |
01.04.1974 – 01.05.1976
|
| Ilgaz Alyanak |
05.04.1976 – 12.02.1977
|
| Hasan Tan |
14.02.1977 – 05.10.1977
|
| Nuri Saryal |
05.10.1977 – 25.06.1979
|
| Mehmet Kıcıman |
25.06.1979 – 31.07.1982
|
| Mehmet Gönlübol |
01.08.1982 – 31.07.1987
|
| Ömer Saatçioğlu |
01.08.1987 – 19.08.1992
|
| Süha Sevük |
20.08.1992 – 06.08.2000
|
| Ural Akbulut |
07.08.2000 – 05.08.2008
|
| Ahmet Acar |
06.08.2008 – 28.07.2016
|
| Mustafa Verşan Kök |
01.08.2016 – 16.08.2024
|
| Ahmet Yozgatlıgil
|
16.08.2024 –
|
References
- ^ Eralp, Arzu (2013-04-18). "ODTÜ'nün Serüveni 1956'da, Bir Yarışma Hikayesiyle Başlıyor". Arkitera (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ^ a b SALTIK, Ahmet (2012-12-30). "ODTÜ: Kuruluş ve Bir Bunalım Öyküsü | Prof. Dr. Ahmet SALTIK MD, BSc, LLM" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ^ a b Association, Texas State Historical. "Woolrich, Willis Raymond". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "BURDELL RETIRES AT COOPER UNION; President for 22 Years Will Head Mideast Technical University in Turkey (Published 1960)". 1960-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ "Burdell, Edwin S. (Edwin Sharp), 1898- | MIT ArchivesSpace". archivesspace.mit.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ "History | METU – Middle East Technical University". metu.edu.tr. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ Kan, Uğur (2019-04-11). "ODTÜ Tarihi: Kuruluş [Bölüm 1] - Yaz Hocam!". yazhocam.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-12-31.
