Fourteen presidents have led Johns Hopkins University since 1875.
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No. | Image | Name | Term | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Daniel Coit Gilman | May 1875 – August 1901 | |
2 | ![]() | Ira Remsen | September 1901 – January 1913 | |
3 | ![]() | Frank Goodnow | October 1914 – June 1929 | |
4 | ![]() | Joseph Sweetman Ames | July 1929 – June 1935 | |
5 | ![]() | Isaiah Bowman | July 1935 – December 1948 | |
6 | ![]() | Detlev Bronk | January 1949 – August 1953 | |
7 | ![]() | Lowell Reed | September 1953 – June 1956 | |
8 | ![]() | Milton S. Eisenhower | July 1956 – June 1967 | |
9 | ![]() | Lincoln Gordon | July 1967 – March 1971 | |
– | ![]() | Milton S. Eisenhower | March 1971 – January 1972 | |
10 | ![]() | Steven Muller | February 1972 – June 30, 1990 | [2] |
11 | ![]() | William C. Richardson | July 1, 1990 – May 31, 1995 | [3] |
12 | ![]() | Daniel Nathans | June 1, 1995 – August 31, 1996 | interim president [4] |
13 | ![]() | William R. Brody | September 1, 1996 – March 1, 2009 | [5] |
14 | ![]() | Ronald J. Daniels | March 2, 2009–Present | [6] |
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