Presidents
Institutional Names
Geographic Location
1910-1920
- Georgia School of Technology-- Chemistry Building (1913 only) photo
- Georgia School of Technology's Evening School of Commerce (1914-1933)
- Walton Building (1914-1917)--corner of Walton St. NW & Cone St. photo, 1973
- Peachtree (or City) Arcade (1918-1921)--Peachtree St. [at Wall St. SE] photo,1950s
1921-1930
- Murphy Building--18 Auburn Ave., corner of Pryor St. and Auburn Ave. (1921-1926)
- 106 Forsyth Street NW (1926-1931)
- George Sparks, Director and later President (1928-1957) photo audio
1931-1940
- 223 Walton Street NW (renovated)--the first building owned (1931-1938) photo
- 223 Walton Street NW--old Sheltering Arms Building, prior to renovation (1930-31) photo
- University System of Georgia's Evening School (1933-1935) [independent, under new Board of Regents]
- 160-168 (entrance at 162) Luckie Street NW (1938-1946) photo
- University System of Georgia's Atlanta Extension Center (1935-1947) [independent, under new Board of Regents]
- a) Georgia Evening College (Night)
- b) Atlanta Junior College (Day Division)
1941-1950
- Ivy St. Garage/Bolling-Jones Building [now Kell Hall, 24 Peachtree Center Ave.], 24 Ivy Street SE--corner of Ivy St. and Exchange Place (1946-present) photo
- Gymnasium-Auditorium--behind Kell Hall (1947)
- Indian Creek Lodge (1947/1948) photo
- Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia (1947-1955)
1951-1960 *
- Georgia State College of Business Administration (1955-1961) [independent]
- Noah Langdale, President (1957-1988) photo
1961-1970
- Georgia State College (1961-1969)
- Georgia State University (1969-present)
1971-1990
- William Suttles, President (1988-1989) photo
- John Palms, President (1989-1991) photo
1991-present
- Sherman Day, Acting President (1991-1992) photo
- Carl Patton, President (1992-2008) photo
- Mark Becker, President (2009-2021) photo
- (Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College consolidation, 2016)
- M. Brian Blake, President (2021-present)
* GSU expanded rapidly from the 1960s forward. See "Building Timeline" for details.
