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 Presbyterian clergymen, as well as professors.[1] Former President Shirley M. Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists. The official residence of the president of the university is the Walter Lowrie House.[2] Prior to 1968, Prospect House served in that capacity.[3]
Presidents
- Acting Presidents are in italics
- Reverend Jonathan Dickinson 1747[4]
Aaron Burr, Sr. 1747-1748
- Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. 1748-1757
- Reverend Jonathan Edwards 1758
Jacob Green 1758-1759
- Reverend Samuel Davies 1759-1761
- Reverend Samuel Finley 1761-1766
John Blair 1767-1768
- Reverend John Witherspoon 1768-1794
- Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith 1795-1812
- Reverend Ashbel Green 1812-1822
- Philip Lindsley 1822-1823
- Reverend James Carnahan 1823-1854
- Reverend John Maclean, Jr. 1854-1868
- Reverend James McCosh 1868-1888
- Reverend Francis L. Patton 1888-1902
Woodrow Wilson 1902-1910
- John Aikman Stewart 1910-1912
John Grier Hibben 1912-1932
- Edward Dickinson Duffield 1932-1933
Harold W. Dodds 1933-1957
Robert F. Goheen 1957-1972
William G. Bowen 1972-1988
Harold T. Shapiro 1988-2001
Shirley M. Tilghman 2001-2013
Christopher L. Eisgruber 2013-
References
^ Axtell, James (2006). The Making of Princeton University: From Woodrow Wilson to the Present. Princeton University Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-0691126869..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Leitch, Alexander (1978). A Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press.
^ "Prospect House History". Princeton University.
^ http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/university_president.html
External links
- The Presidents of Princeton University
- A Princeton Companion page on the office
- Photographic tour of Princeton Cemetery.