List of Northwestern University presidents
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Northwestern University
has had 21 presidents since it was founded in 1851
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
has had 21 presidents since it was founded in 1851
History of Northwestern University
The history of Northwestern University can be traced back to a May 31, 1850 meeting of nine prominent Chicago businessmen who shared a desire to establish a university to serve the Northwest Territories. On January 28, 1851, the Illinois General Assembly granted a charter to the Trustees of the...
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List of presidents
- Clark T. HinmanClark T. HinmanClark Titus Hinman was the first president of Northwestern University. Hinman was born in Delaware County, New York into a Methodist family. He attended Wesleyan University, and after graduation served as an instructor at a seminary in Newbury, Vermont...
, DD (1853—1854) - Henry S. NoyesHenry S. NoyesHenry Sanborn Noyes was a president of Northwestern University.-Biography:Noyes was born in Vermont. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1848, 9 years after Clark T. Hinman, the first president of Northwestern...
, MA (1854—1856) (interim/acting president) - Randolph S. Foster, DD, LLD (1856—1860)
- Henry S. NoyesHenry S. NoyesHenry Sanborn Noyes was a president of Northwestern University.-Biography:Noyes was born in Vermont. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1848, 9 years after Clark T. Hinman, the first president of Northwestern...
, MA (1860—1867) (interim/acting president) - David H. Wheeler, DD (1867—1869) (interim/acting president)
- Erastus O. Haven, DD, LLD (1869—1872)
- Charles H. Fowler, DD, LLD (1872—1876)
- Oliver MarcyOliver MarcyOliver Marcy was twice an acting president at Northwestern University from 1876-1881 and in 1890.Born in Colrain, Massachusetts, the seventh of 11 children, he attended Wesleyan Academy and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1846.He became professor of natural science at Northwestern University...
, LLD (1876—1881)° - Joseph CummingsJoseph CummingsJoseph Cummings was the fifth president of Northwestern University from 1881-1890, president of Wesleyan University for 18 years from 1857-1875, and president of the predecessor of Syracuse University from 1854 to 1857...
, DD, LLD (1881—1890) - Henry Wade RogersHenry Wade RogersHenry Wade Rogers was a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1913 to 1926.-Biography:...
, LLD (1890—1900) - Daniel Bonright, MA, LLD (1900—1902) (interim/acting president)
- Edmund J. JamesEdmund J. JamesEdmund Janes James was an American academic, president of the University of Illinois from 1904 to 1920, and the primary founder of, first president of, and first editor for the American Academy of Political and Social Science....
, PhD, LLD (1902—1904) - Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1904—1906) (interim/acting president)
- Abram W. HarrisAbram W. HarrisAbram Winegardner Harris was the fourteenth president of Northwestern University, serving from 1906 to 1916. He was also the first President of the University of Maine from 1896 to 1906....
, ScD, LLD (1906—1916) - Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1916—1919) (interim/acting president)
- Lynn H. Hough, DD (1919—1920)
- Walter Dill ScottWalter Dill ScottWalter Dill Scott was one of the first applied psychologists. He applied psychology to various business practices such as personnel selection and advertising.-Life:...
, PhD, LLD (1920—1939) - Franklyn Bliss SnyderFranklyn Bliss SnyderFranklyn Bliss Snyder was the 18th President of Northwestern University and an American scholar of Scottish literature. Snyder was the son of a Congregational minister, Peter Miles Snyder, from Connecticut and grew up in Rockford, Illinois. He received his undergraduate degree from Beloit...
, PhD, LLD (1939—1949) - J. Roscoe MillerJ. Roscoe MillerJames Roscoe Miller was the twelfth president of Northwestern University, serving between 1949 and 1970.During his tenure, Northwestern substantially increased the size of its Evanston campus, constructing many new buildings on adjacent land reclaimed by filling in Lake Michigan...
, MD, LLD, ScD (1949—1970) - Robert H. StrotzRobert H. StrotzRobert Henry Strotz was an American economist and thirteenth President of Northwestern University.Strotz was born in Aurora, Illinois and attended Duke University for three years before graduating from the University of Chicago. He was drafted into the Army and served in the European theater...
, PhD, LLD (1970—1984) - Arnold R. WeberArnold R. WeberArnold Robert Weber was the president of Northwestern University from 1985–1994. His tenure at Northwestern was remarkable for stabilizing the university's finances and enhancing the Evanston campus environment.-Biography:...
, PhD (1984—1994) - Henry S. Bienen, PhD (1995—2009)
- Morton O. Schapiro, PhD (2009-present)