Northwestern University has had 22 different presidents throughout 25 presidential terms (including 8 interim/acting presidential terms) since it was founded in 1851.[1][2][3][4]
List of presidents edit
- Clark T. Hinman, DD (1853–1854)
- Henry S. Noyes, MA (1854–1856) (interim president)
- Randolph S. Foster, DD, LLD (1856–1860)
- Henry S. Noyes, MA (1860–1867) (interim president)
- David H. Wheeler, DD (1867–1869) (interim president)
- Erastus O. Haven, DD, LLD (1869–1872)
- Charles H. Fowler, DD, LLD (1872–1876)
- Oliver Marcy, LLD (1876–1881) (acting president)
- Joseph Cummings, DD, LLD (1881–1890)
- Oliver Marcy, LLD (1890–1890) (acting president)
- Henry Wade Rogers, LLD (1890–1900)
- Daniel Bonbright, MA, LLD (1900–1902) (interim president)
- Edmund J. James, PhD, LLD (1902–1904)
- Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1904–1906) (interim president)
- Abram W. Harris, ScD, LLD (1906–1916)
- Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1916–1919) (interim president)
- Lynn H. Hough, DD (1919–1920)
- Walter Dill Scott, PhD, LLD (1920–1939)
- Franklyn Bliss Snyder, PhD, LLD (1939–1949)
- J. Roscoe Miller, MD, LLD, ScD (1949–1970)
- Robert H. Strotz, PhD, LLD (1970–1984)
- Arnold R. Weber, PhD (1984–1994)
- Henry S. Bienen, PhD (1995–2009)
- Morton O. Schapiro, PhD (2009–2022)
- Michael H. Schill, J.D. (2022–present)
References edit
- ^ Pridmore, Jay (2000). Northwestern University: Celebrating 150 Years. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-1829-7.
- ^ "The Presidents of Northwestern, University Archives, Northwestern University Library". exhibits.library.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ^ https://www.library.northwestern.edu/documents/libraries-collections/university-archives/NU_pres.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Northwestern Presidents – Northwestern Leadership from 1853". sites.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-16.