Q. What are the names of all the University Librarians?

University Librarians 1825-present* 
 

• John Vaughan Kean, 1825 

• William Wertenbaker,1826-1831, 1835-1857, 1865-1881 

• William Henry Brockenbrough, 1831-1835 

• Thomas Beverly Holcombe, 1857-1861  

• Robert Riddick Prentis, 1861-1865 

• William Aylett Winston, 1882-1886  

• James Briscoe Baker, 1886-1891 

• Frederick Winslow Page, 1881-1882, 1891-1903 
   

• John Sherman Patton, 1903-1927 

• Harry Clemons, 1927-1950 

• John Cook Wylie, 1956-1967 (director of libraries 1967-1968) 

• Ray W. Frantz, 1967-1993 

• Karin Wittenborg, 1993-2014 

• Martha Sites, Acting, 2015-2016 

• John Unsworth, 2016-2025 
• Leo Lo, 2025-present

• Note: Names up through Harry Clemons (1927-1950) are listed in The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950, by Harry Clemons (1954)