List of presidents of Tufts University

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The president of Tufts University is the chief administrator of the university and is appointed by the chair of the Board of Trustees of Tufts College. [1] The president is appointed by the board who leads and directs the university. The current incumbent is Sunil Kumar.

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Presidents of Tufts

The following persons have served as president of Tufts University: [2]

No.ImagePresidentTufts classTerm startTerm endRef.
1 Hosea Ballou II, 1860.jpg Hosea Ballou II [a]
(1796–1861)		–18531860
acting Noimage.svg Oliver Dean [b]
(1783–1871)		–18601862 [3]
2 Alonzo Ames Miner.jpg Alonzo Ames Miner [c]
(1814–1895)		–18621875
3 Elmer Hewitt Capen.jpg Elmer Hewitt Capen [d]
(1838–1905)		18601875March 22, 1905 [e]
4 Noimage.svg Frederick W. Hamilton [f]
(1860–1940)		186019051912
acting Biographical history of Massachusetts - biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state (1913) (14782210294).jpg William Leslie Hooper
(1855–1918)		187719121914
5 Noimage.svg Hermon Carey Bumpus
(1862–1943)		190519151919
6 John Albert Cousens [g]
(1874–1937)		18981919July 2, 1937 [e]
acting Noimage.svg George Stewart Miller
(1884–1971)		190619371938
7 Secretary Leonard Carmichael.jpg Leonard Carmichael
(1898–1973)		192019381952
8 Noimage.svg Nils Yngve Wessell
(1914–2007)		–19531966
acting Noimage.svg Leonard Chapin Mead
(1913–2002)		–September 1, 19661967
9 Noimage.svg Burton Crosby Hallowell
(1915–2006)		–1967June 30, 1976 [4]
10 Jean Mayer.jpg Jean Mayer
(1920–1993)		–July 1, 1976August 31, 1992 [5] [6]
11 John DiBiaggio.jpg John A. DiBiaggio
(1932–2020)		–September 1, 1992August 31, 2001 [7] [8]
12 Lawrence Bacow in San Francisco pictured 2006.jpg Lawrence S. Bacow
(1951–)		–September 1, 2001July 31, 2011 [9] [10] [11] [12]
13 Noimage.svg Anthony Monaco [h]
(1959–)		–August 1, 2011June 30, 2023 [13] [14] [15]
14 Noimage.svg Sunil Kumar
–July 1, 2023present [16]

Table notes:

  1. ↑ Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill.
  2. ↑ founded Dean Academy in 1865
  3. ↑ Expansion and Civil War
  4. ↑ First alum to be president
  5. 1 2 Died in office
  6. ↑ Jackson College for Women founded
  7. ↑ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded
  8. ↑ Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

References

  1. ↑ "Office of the Trustees". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Tufts Presidency". Tufts University.
  3. ↑ "Anniversary Meetings: Tufts College". Boston Evening Transcript . May 29, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved November 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tufts Appoints a New President" . The New York Times . January 5, 1967. p. 21.
  5. ↑ Takeshita, Kenichi (March 22, 1976). "Jean Mayer to Be Appointed president of Tufts University". The Harvard Crimson .
  6. ↑ Butterfield, Fox (April 1, 1992). "After 16 Years as President of Tufts, Scientist Counts His Achievements" . The New York Times . p. B9.
  7. ↑ "Tufts Picks Michigan State's Leader as New President" . The New York Times . May 20, 1992. p. B8.
  8. ↑ "Tufts University President Is to Retire" . September 13, 2000. p. A20.
  9. ↑ "President Emeritus Lawrence S. Bacow". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Tufts chooses MIT Chancellor Bacow as new president". The Tufts Daily . March 31, 2001.
  11. ↑ "Lawrence S. Bacow to Step Down Next Year". Tufts Journal. February 3, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Bacow Out, Monaco in as Tufts President". InsideMedford. August 1, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Biography – Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Anthony P. Monaco, President". Tufts University.
  15. ↑ "Tufts President Anthony Monaco to Step Down in Summer 2023". Tufts Now. Tufts University. February 14, 2022.
  16. ↑ McNeil, Taylor (November 17, 2022). "Sunil Kumar Appointed Tufts University's Next President". Tufts Now. Tufts University.
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