Contact Information
Ms. Tabatha Whitsett, Executive Assistant
Email: provostoffice@sewanee.edu
Phone: 931.598.1182 Fax: 931.598.1318
The University of the South
735 University Avenue
Sewanee, TN 37383-1000
Former Provosts of the University
The office of the Provost was created in 1961, following a management study conducted for the University by Booz, Allen & Hamilton. The forerunner of the position was that of the Dean of Administration, an office held by Gaston Bruton from 1951 to 1961.
- Gaston Swindell Bruton, 1961-1968
- William Brunner Campbell, 1968-1973
- Thad Norton Marsh, 1973-1977
- Arthur McCluny Schaefer, 1977-1988
- Frederick Hailey Croom, 1989-2001
- Linda Bright Lankewicz, 2002-2011
- John Richard Swallow, 2012-2017
- Nancy Jane Berner, 2017-2022