This is a list of presidents of St. Francis College.
# | Years | President | Notes |
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1 | 1859–1862 | Brother John McMahon, O.S.F | |
2 | 1862–1863 | Brother Cyprian O‘Beirne, O.S.F | |
3 | 1863–1866 | Brother Paul St. Leger, O.S.F | |
4 | 1866–1872 | Brother Jerome Magner, O.S.F | |
5 | 1872–1875 | Brother Peter Frewen, O.S.F | |
1875–1876 | Brother Paul St. Leger, O.S.F | 2nd term as President. | |
1876–1894 | Brother Jerome Magner, O.S.F | ||
6 | 1894–1897 | Brother Vincent Mulcahy, O.S.F | |
1897–1900 | Brother Jerome Magner, O.S.F | 3rd term as President. | |
7 | 1900–1904 | Brother Rapahel Breheney, O.S.F | |
8 | 1904–1906 | Brother Linus Lynch, O.S.F | |
1906–1909 | Brother Vincent Mulcahy, O.S.F | 2nd term as President. | |
9 | 1909–1911 | Brother Stainslaus Ryan, O.S.F | |
10 | 1911–1919 | Brother David McPartland, O.S.F | |
11 | 1919–1922 | Brother Jarlath Phelan, O.S.F | |
1922–1925 | Brother David McPartland, O.S.F | 2nd term as President. | |
12 | 1925–1934 | Brother Columba Reilly, O.S.F | |
13 | 1934–1936 | Brother Capistran Cusack, O.S.F | |
1936–1952 | Brother Columba Reilly, O.S.F [2] | 2nd term as President. | |
14 | 1952–1958 | Brother Jerome Roese, O.S.F [3] | |
15 | 1958–1969 | Brother Urban Gonnoud, O.S.F [4] | |
16 | 1969–1995 | Brother Donald Sullivan, O.S.F [5] | President Emeritus. His 26-year tenure as President is the longest in SFC history. |
1995–1996 | John K. Hawes, Ph.D. | Interim president. [6] | |
17 | 1996–2008 | Frank J. Macchiarola, Ph.D. | The first permanent lay President of St. Francis College. |
18 | 2008–2016 | Brendan J. Dugan | Died while serving as president of the college on December 18, 2016. |
2016–2017 | Timothy Houlihan, Ph.D. | Interim president. [7] | |
19 | 2017– | Miguel Martinez-Saenz, Ph.D. |
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