University Presidents
Samuel T. May - 1918-1929 - University of Iowa, Ph.D., University of Illinois College, L.L.B.
Conrad J. Kjerstad - 1929-1936 - University of South Dakota, B.A., University of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D.
Harrison O. Pippin - 1936-1938 - Dickinson State Teachers College, B.A.Ed.
Charles E. Scott - 1939-1959 - Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, B.A., M.A.
Oscar A. DeLong - 1959-1969 - Dakota Wesleyan University, B.A., University of Iowa, M.A., Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Ed. D.
R. Cameron Gillund - 1969-1977 - University of North Dakota, B.S., M.S., Ed. D.
Albert A. Watrel - 1977-1994 - Syracuse University, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Philip W. Conn - 1994-1998 - Berea College, B.A., Institute of Social Studies (The Hague, Netherlands), Dip. Soc. Pol., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, M.A., University of Southern California, M.P.A., D.P.A.
Richard D. Brauhn, Interim President - 1998-1999 - University of Northern Iowa, B.A., M.A., D.A.
Lee A. Vickers - 1999-2008 - Adams State College, B.A., M.A., University of Wyoming, Ph.D.
Richard J. McCallum - 2008-2011 - Wayne State College, B.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, M.A., Ph.D.
D.C. Coston - 2012-2015 - North Carolina State University, B.S., Michigan State University, M.S., Ph.D.
Jim L. Ozbun, Interim President - 2015 - North Dakota Agricultural College. B.S., North Dakota State University, M.S., North Carolina State University, Ph.D.
Thomas M. Mitzel - 2016-2019 - Northern State University, B.S., Boston College, Ph.D.
Steve Easton - 2020 - present - Dickinson State University, B.A., Stanford Law School, J.D.