President of Princeton University
- President of Princeton University
Princeton University is led by a President selected by the Board of Trustees. Until the accession of Woodrow Wilson, a political scientist, in 1902, they were all clergymen, as well as professors. President Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists.
Presidents
:Acting Presidents are in "italics"
# Jonathan Dickinson 1747
#:"Aaron Burr, Sr."
# Aaron Burr, Sr. 1748-1757
# Jonathan Edwards 1758
#:"Jacob Green"
# Samuel Davies 1759-1761
# Samuel Finley 1761-1766
#:" "
# John Witherspoon 1768-1794
# Samuel Stanhope Smith 1795-1812
# Ashbel Green 1812-1822
#:"Philip Lindsly
# James Carnahan 1823-1854
# John Maclean, Jr. 1854-1868
# James McCosh 1868-1888
# Francis L. Patton 1888-1902
# Woodrow Wilson 1902-1910
#:"John Aikman Stewart
# John Grier Hibben 1912-1932
#:"Edward Dickinson Duffield
# Harold W. Dodds 1933-1957
# Robert F. Goheen 1957-1972
# William G. Bowen 1972-1988
# Harold T. Shapiro 1988-2001
# Shirley M. Tilghman 2001-present
References
* [http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/presidents/ The Presidents of Princeton University]
* [http://etc.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/university_president.html A Princeton Companion page on the office]
* [http://www.richardsibbes.com/Princeton.Cemetery.htm Photographic tour of Princeton Cemetery.]
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