List of Presidents of Brown University

The following is a list of Presidents of Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

From 1765 to the 1920s, the president was required by the University Charter to be of the Baptist

Baptist

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Also see Ivy League Presidents.

	President	Brown Class	Tenure	Events
1.	Reverend James Manning
1738-1791	1765-1791	The College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is established. American Revolution. The College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is established.
2.	Reverend Jonathan Maxcy Jonathan Maxcy Jonathan Maxcy was the second president of Brown University ; the third president of Union College; and the first president of the University of South Carolina.Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts on September 2, 1768, Maxcy was educated at an academy in Wrentham, Massachusetts and...	1787	1768-1820	1792-1802
3.	Reverend Asa Messer Asa Messer Asa Messer was an American Baptist clergyman and educator. He was President of Brown University from 1804 to 1826.-Life and career:...	1790	1769-1836	1802-1826	The College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is renamed as Brown University; first Medical School founded
4.	Reverend Francis Wayland Francis Wayland Francis Wayland , American Baptist educator and economist, was born in New York City, New York. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C., Wayland Seminary was established in 1867, primarily to educate...
1796-1865	1827-1855	Suspension of the Medical School
5.	Reverend Barnas Sears Barnas Sears Barnas Sears graduated from Brown University in 1825. Sears was the general agent of the Peabody Education Fund who was sent to Staunton, Virginia, by George Peabody to offer leadership in Public Education. Sears was General Agent of the fund from 1867 until February 1880...	1825	1802-1880	1855-1867
6.	Reverend Alexis Caswell Alexis Caswell Alexis Caswell was an American educator, born in Taunton, Massachusetts. He graduated Brown University in 1822, and entered the Baptist ministry....	1822	1799-1877	1868-1872
7.	Reverend Ezekiel Robinson Ezekiel Robinson Ezekiel Gilman Robinson was an American Baptist clergyman, theologian and educator, born at Attleboro, Massachusetts, and educated at Brown University and at Newton Theological Institution...	1838	1815-1894	1872-1889	Graduate study instituted
8.	Reverend Elisha Andrews Elisha Andrews Elisha Benjamin Andrews was an American economist and educator, born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.-Academic life:...	1870	1844-1917	1889-1898	Women's College founded
9.	Reverend William Faunce	1880	1859-1930	1899-1929	Women's College renamed to Pembroke College
10.	Reverend Clarence Barbour Clarence Barbour Clarence Augustus Barbour was an American Baptist clergyman and educator most notable for having served as the president of Brown University. He was born on April 21, 1869 in Hartford, Connecticut and died on January 16, 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1888...	1888	1867-1937	1929-1937	Last of long line of Baptist minister Presidents
11.	Henry Wriston Henry Wriston Henry Merritt Wriston was a United States' educator, presidential advisor, and served as president at both Brown University and Lawrence University.-Biography:...
1889-1978	1937-1955	First non-Baptist (Methodist) and first president since Wayland, who was not an alum of the college
12.	Barnaby Keeney Barnaby Keeney Barnaby Conrad Keeney was president of Brown University from 1955 to 1966 where he was known and loved by the student body for openness and his dry wit...
1914-1980	1955-1966
13.	Ray Heffner
1925-	1966-1969	New Curriculum passed
14.	Donald Hornig Donald Hornig Donald Frederick Hornig is an American chemist, explosives expert, teacher and presidential science advisor. He served as president of Brown University, 1970–1976....
1920-	1970-1976	Pembroke merged with Brown, Medical School founded
15.	Howard Swearer
1932-1991	1977-1988
16.	Vartan Gregorian Vartan Gregorian Vartan Gregorian is an Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is an ethnic Armenian, born in Iran....
1934-	1989-1997
17.	Gordon Gee Gordon Gee Elwood Gordon Gee is an American academic. He is in his second term as the president of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio; he was previously president from 1990 to 1998....
1944-	1998-2000
18.	Ruth Simmons
1945-	2001-	In 2001, Time Time (magazine) Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong... named Simmons as America's best college president. First woman and first African-American President of an Ivy League Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group... school

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