Dan Aldrich: 1955-58, department chair, UC Davis and UC Berkeley, concurrently; 1958-62, dean of agriculture for the UC system; 1962-84, founding chancellor, UC Irvine; 1984-85 (post-retirement), acting chancellor, UC Riverside; 1986-87, acting chancellor, UC Santa Barbara.

Carol Cartwright: 1988-91, vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, UC Davis; 1991-2006, president, Kent State University.

Vernon Cheadle: 1950-62, professor and acting vice chancellor, UC Davis; 1962-77, chancellor, UC Santa Barbara.

Larry Coleman: 1976-2000, professor, acting associate vice chancellor and acting vice provost of academic programs, and dean of Undergraduate Studies; 2000-present, vice provost of research, UC Office of the President.

Philip Dubois: 1976-91, professor and assistant vice chancellor of academic programs, UC Davis; 1991-97, provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; 1997-2005, president, University of Wyoming; 2005-present, chancellor, UNC, Charlotte.

MRC Greenwood: 1989-96, professor, dean of Graduate Studies and vice provost of academic outreach UC Davis; 1996-2004, chancellor, UC Santa Cruz; 2004-05, provost, UCOP. (She is now back on the faculty at UC Davis.)

Robert Grey: 1967-2001, professor, assistant and associate dean of the College of Letters and Science, founding dean of the Division of Biological Sciences, and provost and executive vice chancellor, UC Davis; 2007-present (post-retirement), acting chancellor, UC Riverside.

Virginia Hinshaw: 2001-07, provost and executive vice chancellor, UC Davis; 2007-present, chancellor, University of Hawaii, Manoa.

Elizabeth Langland: 1999-2004, dean of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, College of Letters and Science, UC Davis; 2004-present, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, Purchase College-State University of New York.

Harold Levine: 2001-present, founding dean of the School of Education, UC Davis; 2006-present, associate provost of education initiatives, UCOP.

Dale Rogers Marshall: 1972-86, professor and associate dean of the College of Letters and Science, UC Davis; 1986-92, academic dean and acting president, Wellesley College; 1992-2004, president, Wheaton College.

Mark McNamee: 1975-2001, professor and dean of the Division of Biological Sciences, UC Davis; 2001-present, provost, Virginia Tech.

Judy Sakaki: 2002-06, vice chancellor of Student Affairs, UC Davis; 2007-present, vice president of Student Affairs, UCOP.

Robert Shelton: 1987-96, professor and vice chancellor of research, UC Davis; 1996-2001, vice provost of research, UCOP; 2001-06, executive vice chancellor and provost, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 2006-present, president, University of Arizona.

Carol Tomlinson-Keasey: 1992-97, vice provost of faculty relations, and of academic planning and personnel, and acting dean of the College of Letters and Science, UC Davis; 1997-98, vice provost of academic initiatives, UCOP; 1998-2006, founding chancellor, UC Merced.

Phyllis Wise: 2002-05, dean of the Division of Biological Sciences, UC Davis; 2005-present, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, University of Washington.