Other founders of this University were outstanding Georgian scientists Ivane Javakhishvili, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Shalva Nutsubidze, Akaki Shanidze, Giorgi Akhvlediani, Andria Razmadze, Iosif Kipshidze, Petre Melikishvili, etc.
In 1919, Javakhishvili succeeded the noted chemist Petre Melikishvili as the second rector of the university: he served until June 1926, when, in the aftermath of anti-Soviet August Uprising of 1924, tolerance of non-Marxist intellectuals began to contract.
Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre | Petre Melikishvili | Gabriel Turville-Petre | Francis Turville-Petre | William Petre | Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre | Robert Petre, 7th Baron Petre | Petre Borilă | Petre Antonescu | Petre | John Petre, 18th Baron Petre | Joan Turville-Petre | Francis Petre | Baron Petre |