Fourteen presidents have led Johns Hopkins University since 1875.
The following persons have served as president of Johns Hopkins University: [1]
| No. | Image | President | Term start | Term end | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [a] | 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 | [2] |
| interim | | Milton S. Eisenhower | March 1971 | January 1972 | [3] |
| 10 | | Steven Muller | February 1972 | June 30, 1990 | [4] [5] |
| 11 | | William C. Richardson | July 1, 1990 | May 31, 1995 [b] | [6] [7] |
| interim | | Daniel Nathans | June 1, 1995 | August 31, 1996 | [8] |
| 13 | | William R. Brody | September 1, 1996 | March 1, 2009 [c] | [9] [10] |
| 14 | | Ronald J. Daniels | March 2, 2009 | Present | [11] |
Table notes:
Dr. Gordon will be the ninth president of the 90-year-old institution.
The university's 10th president, Muller served from 1972 to 1990.
Richardson, 49, provost and executive vice president at Penn State, will become Hopkins's 11th president when he takes office in July.
William R. Brody, provost of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center and a former Hopkins professor, was elected Monday as the 13th president of The Johns Hopkins University.
Ronald J. Daniels will assume his new post today, primed and ready to begin his tenure as the university's 14th president