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University Presidents and Acting Presidents



Stephen W. Taylor, President prior to 1851




Howard Malcom, President, 1851 - 1857



George R. Bliss, Acting President, 1857 - 1858
and 1871 - 1872




Justin R. Loomis, President, 1858 - 1879




Francis W. Tustin, Acting President, 1879




David J. Hill, President, 1879 - 1888




George G. Groff, Acting President, 1888 - 1889




John H. Harris, President, 1889 - 1919




Emory W. Hunt, President, 1919 - 1931




Charles P. Vaughan, Acting President, 1931




Homer P. Rainey, President, 1931 - 1935



Arnaud C. Marts, Acting President, 1935 - 1938;
President, 1938 - 1945




Herbert L. Spencer, President, 1945 - 1949



Joseph W. Henderson, Acting President, 1949
and 1953 - 1954




Horace A. Hildreth, President, 1949 - 1953




Merle M. Odgers, President, 1954 - 1964




Charles H. Watts, II, President, 1964 - 1976




George D. O'Brien, President, 1976 - 1984




John F. Zeller, III, Acting President, 1984




Gary A. Sojka, President, 1984 - 1995




William D. Adams, President, 1995- 2000



Steffen H. Rogers, President, 2000 - 2004




Brian C. Mitchell, President, 2004 -

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