Richard L. Van Horn (born November 2, 1932) was the seventh president of the University of Houston and the 12th president of the University of Oklahoma.

Richard L. Van Horn
Van Horn as President of the University of Houston
President of University of Oklahoma
In office 1989–1994
Preceded by	Frank E. Horton
Succeeded by	David Boren
President of Houston University
In office 1983–1989
Preceded by	Hugh Walker
Succeeded by	George W. Magner
Personal details
Born	(1932-11-02) November 2, 1932 (age 91) Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation	President of University of Oklahoma, and President of Houston University

Van Horn was born in Chicago, Illinois but raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Van Horn earned a BS in industrial administration from Yale University; an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management; and a PhD in systems science from Carnegie-Mellon University. He spent 16 years at Carnegie-Mellon as a faculty member, associate dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, vice president for business affairs, vice president for management and provost. He went on to serve six years as the president of the University of Houston and the University of Oklahoma. He served as president of Oklahoma from 1989 to 1994. Outside of academia, he spent ten years at the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit global policy think tank.^[1][2]