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Presidents

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Eliphalet Nott

Union College has had nineteen presidents since its founding in 1795.[1]

This list is complete and up to date as of September 2023.
  1. John Blair Smith (1795–1799)[2]
  2. Jonathan Edwards, Jr. (1799–1801)[3]
  3. Jonathan Maxcy (1802–1804)[4]
  4. Eliphalet Nott (1804–1866)[5]
  5. Laurens Perseus Hickok (1866–1868)[6]
  6. Charles Augustus Aiken (1869–1871)[7]
  7. Eliphalet Nott Potter (1871–1884)[8][9] President ad interim: Judson S. Landon (judge and trustee) (1884-1888)][10]
  8. Harrison Edwin Webster (1888–1894)[11]
  9. Andrew Van Vranken Raymond (1894–1907)[12][13]
  10. Charles Alexander Richmond (1909–1928)[14]
  11. Frank Parker Day (1929–1933)[15]
  12. Dixon Ryan Fox (1934–1945)[16]
  13. Carter Davidson (1946–1965)[17]
  14. Harold Clark Martin (1965–1974)[18]
  15. Thomas Neville Bonner (1974–1978)[19]
  16. John Selwyn Morris (1979–1990)[20]
  17. Roger Harold Hull (1990–2005)[21] [Interim: James Underwood (2005–2006)[22]]
  18. Stephen Ainlay (2006–2018)[23] [Acting President: Therese A. McCarty (July–December 2013)[24][25]]
  19. David R. Harris (2018–present)[26]

References

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  1. ^ Somers (2003), p. 510
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Biography (DAB). New York: Scribner. p. 7:299.
  3. ^ DAB, 6:37
  4. ^ DAB, 12:433
  5. ^ DAB, 13:580
  6. ^ DAB, 9:5
  7. ^ DAB, 1:126
  8. ^ DAB, 15:126
  9. ^ "Eliphalet Nott Potter". Union College. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  10. ^ Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken (1907). Union University: Its History, Influence, Characteristics and Equipment. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 365–373.
  11. ^ Raymond (1907), p. 1:374
  12. ^ Raymond (1907), p. 1:387
  13. ^ Somers (2003), p. 599
  14. ^ Somers (2003), p. 609
  15. ^ Somers (2003), p. 221
  16. ^ American National Biography (ANB). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 8:336.
  17. ^ Somers (2003), p. 215
  18. ^ Somers (2003), p. 472
  19. ^ Somers (2003), p. 115
  20. ^ Somers (2003), p. 493
  21. ^ "Roger H. Hull: Seventeenth president of Union College, September 1, 1990–June 30, 2005". Union College. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  22. ^ "James Underwood named interim president of Union College, May 27, 2005". Union College. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  23. ^ "Stephen Charles Ainlay: Eighteenth president of Union College, July 1, 2006". Union College. 2006-07-01. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  24. ^ "Therese A. McCarty, John Prior Lewis '41 Professor of Economics". Union College. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  25. ^ "Making Our Mark, A Celebration of Union Women, Timeline, 2013". Union College. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  26. ^ "David R. Harris". Union College. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
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