List of presidents of Georgetown University

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The Office of the President is housed in Healy Hall.

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States that was founded as Georgetown College by Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore in 1789. [2] The president of Georgetown University is its chief executive officer, [3] and from its establishment until the 1960s was also the rector of the university's Jesuit community. [4] The president is elected by and may be removed by the university's board of directors, and is ex officio a member of the board. The president is also one of five members of the university's legal corporation, [3] known as the President and Directors of Georgetown College, which was first chartered by the United States Congress in 1815. [5]

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The president is charged with control over the "business affairs and properties" of the university, and appoints the vice presidents and administrators and, with the concurrence of the board, appoints the provost, secretary, and treasurer of the university. The president may remove any officer, vice president, or administrator by his accord, except the provost, secretary, and treasurer, which require the concurrence of the board. If the office is vacant, then the powers of the presidency are exercised by the provost. [3] The president is among the 100 highest-paid university presidents in the United States. [6]

Of the 41 individuals to have held the office, nearly all have been Jesuits. [4] Only one has been a member of another religious order while president: Louis William Valentine DuBourg, who was a Sulpician. [7] Three presidents have gone on to become bishops: DuBourg, [7] Leonard Neale, [8] and Benedict Joseph Fenwick. [9] Every president has been a Catholic priest except one, the current president, John J. DeGioia. [4] Having assumed office on July 1, 2001, [10] DeGioia is the university's longest-serving president. [4]

Presidents

Key
SJ Society of Jesus
PSS Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice
Presidents
No.ImageNameYearsNotesRef.
1 Robert Plunkett portrait.png Robert Plunkett SJ17911793 [11]
2 Robert Molyneux bust.png Robert Molyneux SJ17931796Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Mission (18051808) [12] [11]
3 Archbishop Louis William Valentine Dubourg.jpg Louis William Valentine DuBourg PSS17961798Founder and President of St. Mary's College (17991810); Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (18151826); Bishop of Montauban (18261833); Archbishop of Besançon (1833). [7] [11]
4 Archbishop Leonard Neale.png Leonard Neale SJ17981806 Coadjutor Bishop of Baltimore (17951815); Archbishop of Baltimore (18151817) [8] [11]
5 Robert Molyneux bust.png Robert Molyneux SJ18061808 [11]
6 Francis Neale.png Francis Neale SJ18081809Acting president [11]
7 William Matthews by Parker (cropped).jpg William Matthews 1809President of the Washington Seminary (18241848). [13] Georgetown alumnus. [14] Was a Jesuit novice only for the duration of his presidency. [13] [11]
8 Francis Neale.png Francis Neale SJ18091812 [11]
9 Giovanni Antonio Grassi portrait.jpg Giovanni Antonio Grassi SJ18121817Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Mission (18121817); Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Province of Turin (18311835); Rector of the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide (18401842). [15] Sometimes referred to as Georgetown's "second founder." [16] [11]
10 Benedict Joseph Fenwick.png Benedict Joseph Fenwick SJ1817 Bishop of Boston (18251846). [9] Georgetown alumnus. [17] [11]
11 Anthony Kohlmann portrait.jpg Anthony Kohlmann SJ18171820 Apostolic Administrator of New York (18101815); Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Mission (18171819); [18] President of the Washington Seminary (18201824). [19] [11]
12 Enoch Fenwick SJ18201825Georgetown alumnus [20] [11]
13 Benedict Joseph Fenwick.png Benedict Joseph Fenwick SJ1825Acting president [11]
14 Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson portrait.jpg Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson SJ18251826Georgetown alumnus [21] [11]
15 Rev. William Feiner SJ.jpg William Feiner SJ18261829 [11]
16 John W. Beschter portrait.jpg John W. Beschter SJ1829 [11]
17 Thomas F. Mulledy.jpg Thomas F. Mulledy SJ18291838Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Province (18371840); [12] President of the College of the Holy Cross (18431845). [22] Georgetown alumnus. [23] [11]
18 William McSherry portrait.jpg William McSherry SJ18381839Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Province (18331837, 1839). [12] Georgetown alumnus. [24] [11]
19 Joseph A. Lopez portrait.jpg Joseph A. Lopez SJ18391840Acting president. First Latin American college president in the United States. [25] [11]
20 James A. Ryder biretta (cropped).jpg James A. Ryder SJ18401845Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Province (18431845); [12] President of the College of the Holy Cross (18451848); President of Saint Joseph's College (18561857). [26] Georgetown alumnus. [27] [11]
21 Samuel Mulledy portrait.jpg Samuel Mulledy SJ1845Georgetown alumnus [28] [11]
22 Thomas F. Mulledy.jpg Thomas F. Mulledy SJ18451848 [11]
23 James A. Ryder biretta (cropped).jpg James A. Ryder SJ18481851 [11]
24 Stonestreet bust drawing.png Charles H. Stonestreet SJ18511852Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Province (18521858); [12] President of Gonzaga College (18581860). [29] Georgetown alumnus. [30] [11]
25 Bernard A. Maguire profile.png Bernard A. Maguire SJ18521858Georgetown alumnus [31] [11]
26 John Early biretta.png John Early SJ18581865President of the College of the Holy Cross (18481851); President of Loyola College in Maryland (18521858, 18661870). [32] Georgetown alumnus. [33] [11]
27 Bernard A. Maguire profile.png Bernard A. Maguire SJ18661870 [11]
28 John Early biretta.png John Early SJ18701873 [11]
29 Patrick F. Healy line drawing.png Patrick Francis Healy SJ18731882Self-identified as white but posthumously recognized as the first black American to become a Jesuit, earn a Ph.D. and become the president of a predominantly white American university. [34] Sometimes referred to as Georgetown's "second founder." [35] [11]
30 Doonan bust portrait.png James A. Doonan SJ18821888Georgetown alumnus [36] [11]
31 J. Havens Richards portrait.png J. Havens Richards SJ18881898 [11]
32 John D. Whitney.jpg John D. Whitney SJ18981901 [37]
33 Portrait of Jerome Daugherty.png Jerome Daugherty SJ19011905 [37]
34 David H. Buel president of Georgetown.png David Hillhouse Buel SJ19051908 [37]
35 Joseph J. Himmel portrait cropped.jpg Joseph J. Himmel SJ19081912Rector of St. Andrew-on-Hudson (19151921) [38] [37]
36 Alphonsus J. Donlon.jpg Alphonsus J. Donlon SJ19121918Georgetown alumnus [39] [37]
37 John B. Creeden 1922.png John B. Creeden SJ19181924 [37]
38 Charles W. Lyons SJ.png Charles W. Lyons SJ19241928Rector of Gonzaga College (19081909); President of Saint Joseph's College (19091914); President of Boston College (19141919) [40] [37]
39 W. Coleman Nevils.png W. Coleman Nevils SJ19281935President of the University of Scranton (19421947) [41] [37]
40 Arthur A. O'Leary 1936.png Arthur A. O'Leary SJ19351942 [37]
41 Lawrence C. Gorman prayer card 1953.png Lawrence C. Gorman SJ19421949 [37]
42 J. Hunter Guthrie fall 1949 cropped.png J. Hunter Guthrie SJ19491952 [37]
43 Father Bunn.jpg Edward B. Bunn SJ19521964President of Loyola College in Maryland (19381947) [42] [43]
44 Gerard J. Campbell.png Gerard J. Campbell SJ19641968 [43]
45 Robert J. Henle.png Robert J. Henle SJ19691976 [43]
46 Timothy S. Healy.png Timothy S. Healy SJ19761989President of the New York Public Library (19891992) [44] [43]
47 Anne Frank Awards 2017 (37160909071) cropped.jpg Leo J. O'Donovan SJ19892001Georgetown alumnus [45] [43]
48 Georgetown University President Degoia Introduces Secretary Kerry (29612314772) (cropped).jpg John J. DeGioia 20012024First lay president of a Jesuit university in the United States. [46] Georgetown alumnus. [4] [47]

See also

References

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