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.
METU Rectorate Building, stairs going up to the entrance courtyard, 1961-1980, SALT Research
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Rector (president) Duration
Thomas Godfrey[ 1]
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 –
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