List of presidents of Longwood University

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Longwood University , a public liberal arts college in Farmville, Virginia, is led by a president selected by a Board of Visitors, who are appointed by the Governor of Virginia. Beginning with its founding as a private finishing school in 1839, through its 1884 conversion to a public normal school, and its postwar transition to a coeducational university, Longwood has had twenty-seven presidents. The current president is W. Taylor Reveley IV, who was inaugurated in 2013.

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Principals (1839–1884)

In the private finishing school era, when the school was known as Farmville Female Seminary and later Farmville Female College, the school president was known as a principal.

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1Solomon Lea1839–1843 [1]
2Lorenzo Lea1843–1846 [1]
3Lorenzo Coburn1846–1850 [1]
4John Benjamin Tinsley1850–1855 [1]
5Benjamin Gould1855–1859 [1]
6George La Monte1859–1862 [1]
7Arnaud Preot1862–1869 [1]
8S.F. Nottingham1869–1870 [1]
9Frances Marion Edwards1871–1872 [1]
10James Crawley1872–1873 [1]
11Paul Whitehead1873–1882 [1]
12Mary Elizabeth Carter1882–1884 [1]

Presidents (1884–present)

Following the Virginia government's purchase of the then-Farmville College in 1884 and conversion into a normal school, the head official of Longwood became known as a president.

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13William Henry Ruffner1884–1887 [1] William Henry Ruffner, LL. D.jpg
14John Atkinson Cunningham1887–1897 [1]
15Robert Frazer1898–1902 [1]
16Joseph L. Jarman1902–1946 [1]
17 Dabney S. Lancaster 1946–1955 [1] Dabney S. Lancaster, 1955 Longwood College Virginian yearbook dedication portrait.jpg
18Francis Lankford, Jr.1955–1965 [1]
19James Heflin Newman1965–1967 [1]
20Henry Irving Willett, Jr.1967–1981 [1]
21Janet Daly Greenwood1981–1987 [1]
22George Robert Haley1987–1988 [1]
23William F. Dorrill1988–1996 [1]
24Patricia Cormier1996–2010 [1]
25 Patrick Finnegan 2010–2012 [1] USMA Dean.jpg
26 W. Taylor Reveley IV 2013–present [2] W Taylor Reveley IV.jpg

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Past Presidents". Longwood University. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. "About President Reveley". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.