University Registrar's Office History

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Registrars of the University

(prior to 1910, the responsibilities were handled by the Secretary of the Faculty or Clerk of the Faculty)

Thomas James Farrar '01, M.A., Ph.D., Registrar, 1910-1912 (Professor of Modern and Germanic Languages). Office in Newcomb Hall.

Noble Doak Smithson '08, B.A., LL.B., Registrar of the University and Secretary of the Faculty, 1912-1920 (Associate Professor of Commercial Law). Office in Newcomb Hall.

Earl Stansbury Mattingly '25, A.B., Registrar and Treasurer, 1940-1944. Office in Payne Hall. Registrar, 1920?-1940. Office in Newcomb Hall to 1936, Payne Hall. 

Rupert Nelson Latture '15, A.M., Registrar and Director of Freshman Work, 1944-1947. Office in Payne Hall.

Winbourne Magruder Drake '36, A.M., Registrar, 1946-1949. Office in Payne Hall.

Charles Lee Green '40, B.S., Registrar, 1949-1953. Office in Payne Hall.

Edwin Henry Howard '24, M.S., Registrar, 1953-1965. Office in Payne Hall.

Harold Sears Head, A.M., Registrar, 1966-1985. Office in Payne Hall to 1967, Washington Hall Annex to 1976, Tucker Hall to 1978, Reid Hall.

Duane Scott Dittman, A.B., University Registrar, 1985 to present. Office in Reid Hall to 2000, Early-Fielding.

Other Registrar's Office Staff

Helen E. Webster, Secretary to the Treasurer and the Registrar, ?-1929

Virginia E. Ford, Secretary, 1929-1933

Mary Moore Harper Hinton, A.B., Secretary, 1933-1941?

Helen W. Anderson, A.B., Secretary, 1941?-1943

Mildred M. Brownlee, A.B., Secretary, 1943-1945?

Katherine Anderson Spindle, Secretary, 1945-1947

Francis G. Buchanan, Secretary, 1947-1948

Helen P. Ganas, Secretary, 1948-1952

Barbara Brand McCaskill, B.A., Assistant to the Registrar, 1950-1952

Jo Anne Farr, Secretary, 1951-1952

Elizabeth Bell McClung, Secretary, 1952-1966

Frances Goad Buchanan, Secretary, 1952-1966

Jeannette A. Jarvis, Assistant University Registrar, 1983-2007; Assistant to the Registrar, 1979-82; Secretary/Transcript Clerk, 1973-79; Secretary/Clerk/Receptionist, 1965-73

Jean M. Howard, Assistant to the Registrar, 1966-1979

Celine Lucas, Secretary, 1974-1977

Karen Gilmore, 1977-1978

Octavia N. Cubbins, B.A., Secretary, 1978-1984

Sharon R. Leech, Secretary, 1979-1982

Susan A. Robinson, Secretary, 1982-1987

Laura Meade, Secretary, 1984

Donna R. Hall, A.A., B.S., Secretary, 1985-1997

Janice M. High, Secretary, 1987-1988

Karen V. Hite, Records Assistant, 1997 to present; Secretary, 1988-1997

N. Joanna L. Smith, B.A., Records Assistant, 1997 to present

Barbara L. Rowe, B.S., M.S., Associate University Registrar, 2002 to present

Deborah Alden Hattersley, Assistant University Registrar, 2007 to present

Patricia Wood, Imaging Technician, 2007 to present

Student Assistants

Christopher T. Callas '89, 1987-1989
James E. Rambeau, Jr. '91 94L, 1989-1991
Susan T. Rucker '93, 1989-1993
Alan V. Carter '95, 1991-1995
Melissa R. Gibson '97, 1993-1997
Leah E. Robinson '99, 1995-1999
Christina A. Julian '01, 1997-2001
Bobbi Jo Alexis '01 '04L, 1999-2000
Diya Vohra '03, 2001-2003
Kisha N. Barnes '04, 2001-2003
Traci H. Hall '06, 2002
Patrice A. Wedderburn '03, 2002-2003
Elizabeth M. King '05, Summer 2003
Matthew B. McDermott '04, Summer 2003
Sonia T. Siu '07, 2003-04
Dustin Jacobson '05, 2004
G. J. Corey Harmon '05, Summer 2004
Elizabeth Ponder '05, Summer 2004
Jonathan C. Ault '07, 2003 to 2005
Timothy A. Heisterhagen '06, 2003 to 2005
Zahra Parker '05, 2004-2005
Marian Botchway '08, Summer 2005
Lara Gibson '06, Summer 2005
Rosemary Boyle '09, 2005-2006
Jillian Lang '07, 2005-2006
Lauren Santabar '09, 2005-2006
G. J. Corey Harmon '05, Summer 2006
Lucinda Rowe, Summer 2006
Michael Tyler '09, 2005-2008
Jessica Jones '10, 2006-2007
Sarah Montz '10, 2006-2008
Amy Conant '10, 2006-2008
Jeremiah Nalls '08, summer 2007
Jessica Steinmetz '08, summer 2007
Lindsay Strachan '09, 2007-2008
Clay Dittman, summer 2008
Molly West '10, summer 2008
Kelsey Wright '10, summer 2008

Pictures
Fall 2000 staff
Graduation feature, Fall 2004 Alumni Magazine
Fall 2004 staff
Fall 2005 staff

Fall 2006 staff

Front row L-R: Jeannette Jarvis, assistant university registrar; Barbara Rowe, associate university registrar. Back row L-R: Amy Conant '10, student assistant; Jessica Jones '10, student assistant; Sarah Montz '10, student assistant; Karen Hite, records assistant; Joanna Smith, records assistant; Scott Dittman, university registrar and director of institutional research. Missing from the photo: Michael Tyler '09