Presidents of The Beach

The following individuals have led Cal State Long Beach since the university's founding:

 

P. Victor Peterson
July 1949 - June 1959 

Henry Magnuson (interim)
June 1959 - August 1959 

Carl McIntosh 
September 1959 - February 1969 

Donald H. Simonsen (acting)
February 1969 - July 1970

Stephen Horn 
August 1970 - February 1988

June Cooper (acting)
February - May 1988

Curtis McCray 
May 1988 - January 1993

Karl Anatol (interim) 
January 1993 - May 1994

Robert Maxson 
June 1994 - January 2006

F. King Alexander 
January 2006 - June 2013 

Donald Para (interim) 
July 2013 - June 2014

Jane Close Conoley 
July 2014 - present