List of Lehigh University presidents

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Lehigh University is an American private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer with a founding gift of $500,000. The President's Office is in the Alumni Memorial Building which is located on the west side of the Asa Packer Campus in South Side Bethlehem. The President's House is situated just a few meters to the southeast of the Alumni Memorial Building. [1]

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1 Henry Coppée Henry Coppee.jpg 1821189518661875Soldier, author, and engineer. [2]
2 John McDowell Leavitt 1824190918751880Episcopal clergyman.
3Robert Alexander Lamberton1824189318801893Lawyer. [3]
4 Thomas Messinger Drown Thomas Messinger Drown.jpg 1842190418951904Chemistry professor. [4]
5 Henry Sturgis Drinker Cecilia Beaux - Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker) - Google Art Project.jpg 1850193719051920Mechanical engineer and first alumnus (Class of 1871) to serve as president. [5]
6Charles Russ Richards1871194119221935Presided over first graduate degrees awarded to women. [6]
7Clement C. Williams1882194719351944Civil engineer. [7]
8 Martin D. Whitaker 1902196019461960Physicist; Worked on the Manhattan Project. [8]
9Harvey A. Neville1898198319611964Only faculty member ever elected president. [9]
10W. Deming Lewis1915198919641982Presided over admission of undergraduate women. [10]
11 Peter Likins b. 193619821997Civil engineer. [11]
William C. Hittinger1922201319971998Class of 1944; electrical engineer, served on an interim basis. [12]
12 Gregory C. Farrington b. 194719982006Chemist. [13]
13 Alice P. Gast b. 195820062014Lehigh's first female president, chemical engineer. [14]
Kevin Clayton20142015Class of 1984; Principal & Director of Oaktree Capital Management, served on an interim basis. [15]
14John D. Simon20152021Chemist. [16] [17] [18]
Nathan Urban 2021University's provost and senior vice president for academic affairs; served on an interim basis from July 1 to August 15. [19]
15 Joseph J. Helble 2021Chemical engineer. Previously provost of Dartmouth College. Second alumnus (Class of 1982) to serve as president. Term began August 16. [19]

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