Vanderbilt Law School Deans

1874-1875 William F. Cooper
1875-1904 Thomas H. Malone
1904-1910 Horace H. Lurton
1910-1915 Allen G. Hall
1915-1929 John Bell Keeble*
1930-1945 Earl C. Arnold
1946-1949 L. Dale Coffman
1949-1952 William Ray Forrester
1952-1972 John W. Wade
1972-1980 Robert L. Knauss
1979-1985 C. Dent Bostick**
1985-1996 John J. Costonis
1997-2005 Kent D. Syverud
2005-2009 Edward L. Rubin
2009 - Present Chris Guthrie

*Acting Dean, November 1915-1916
**Acting Dean, 1979-1980

Acting Deans

Edward T. Seay, October 1929-1930
Rollin M. Perkins, March-June, 1949
Paul J. Hartman, 1964-1965
David F. Partlett, 1996-1997

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