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]
# | President | Image | Birth–Death | Tenure | Notes | References |
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1 | Henry Coppée | 1821–1895 | 1866–1875 | Soldier, author, and engineer. | [2] | |
2 | John McDowell Leavitt | 1824–1909 | 1875–1880 | Episcopal clergyman. | ||
3 | Robert Alexander Lamberton | 1824–1893 | 1880–1893 | Lawyer. | [3] | |
4 | Thomas Messinger Drown | 1842–1904 | 1895–1904 | Chemistry professor. | [4] | |
5 | Henry Sturgis Drinker | 1850–1937 | 1905–1920 | Mechanical engineer and first alumnus (Class of 1871) to serve as president. | [5] | |
6 | Charles Russ Richards | 1871–1941 | 1922–1935 | Presided over first graduate degrees awarded to women. | [6] | |
7 | Clement C. Williams | 1882–1947 | 1935–1944 | Civil engineer. | [7] | |
8 | Martin D. Whitaker | 1902–1960 | 1946–1960 | Physicist; Worked on the Manhattan Project. | [8] | |
9 | Harvey A. Neville | 1898–1983 | 1961–1964 | Only faculty member ever elected president. | [9] | |
10 | W. Deming Lewis | 1915–1989 | 1964–1982 | Presided over admission of undergraduate women. | [10] | |
11 | Peter Likins | b. 1936 | 1982–1997 | Civil engineer. | [11] | |
– | William C. Hittinger | 1922–2013 | 1997–1998 | Class of 1944; electrical engineer, served on an interim basis. | [12] | |
12 | Gregory C. Farrington | b. 1947 | 1998–2006 | Chemist. | [13] | |
13 | Alice P. Gast | b. 1958 | 2006–2014 | Lehigh's first female president, chemical engineer. | [14] | |
– | Kevin Clayton | 2014–2015 | Class of 1984; Principal & Director of Oaktree Capital Management, served on an interim basis. | [15] | ||
14 | John D. Simon | 2015–2021 | Chemist. | [16] [17] [18] | ||
– | Nathan Urban | 2021 | University'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 | 2021– | Chemical engineer. Previously provost of Dartmouth College. Second alumnus (Class of 1982) to serve as president. Term began August 16. | [19] |
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