List of presidents of Union College

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Eliphalet Nott

Union College has had nineteen presidents since its founding in 1795. [1]

This list is complete and up to date as of September 2023.
  1. John Blair Smith (1795–1799) [2]
  2. Jonathan Edwards, Jr. (1799–1801) [3]
  3. Jonathan Maxcy (1802–1804) [4]
  4. Eliphalet Nott (1804–1866) [5]
  5. Laurens Perseus Hickok (1866–1868) [6]
  6. Charles Augustus Aiken (1869–1871) [7]
  7. Eliphalet Nott Potter (1871–1884) [8] [9] President ad interim: Judson S. Landon (judge and trustee) (1884-1888)] [10]
  8. Harrison Edwin Webster (1888–1894) [11]
  9. Andrew Van Vranken Raymond (1894–1907) [12] [13]
  10. Charles Alexander Richmond (1909–1928) [14]
  11. Frank Parker Day (1929–1933) [15]
  12. Dixon Ryan Fox (1934–1945) [16]
  13. Carter Davidson (1946–1965) [17]
  14. Harold Clark Martin (1965–1974) [18]
  15. Thomas Neville Bonner (1974–1978) [19]
  16. John Selwyn Morris (1979–1990) [20]
  17. Roger Harold Hull (1990–2005) [21] [Interim: James Underwood (educator) (2005–2006) [22] ]
  18. Stephen Ainlay (2006–2018) [23] [Acting President: Therese A. McCarty (educator) (July–December 2013) [24] [25] ]
  19. David R. Harris (2018–present) [26]

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  1. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 510
  2. ↑ Dictionary of American Biography (DAB). New York: Scribner. p. 7:299.
  3. ↑ DAB, 6:37
  4. ↑ DAB, 12:433
  5. ↑ DAB, 13:580
  6. ↑ DAB, 9:5
  7. ↑ DAB, 1:126
  8. ↑ DAB, 15:126
  9. ↑ "Eliphalet Nott Potter". Union College. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  10. ↑ Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken (1907). Union University: Its History, Influence, Characteristics and Equipment. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 365–373.
  11. ↑ Raymond (1907), p. 1:374
  12. ↑ Raymond (1907), p. 1:387
  13. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 599
  14. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 609
  15. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 221
  16. ↑ American National Biography (ANB). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 8:336.
  17. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 215
  18. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 472
  19. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 115
  20. ↑ Somers (2003), p. 493
  21. ↑ "Roger H. Hull: Seventeenth president of Union College, September 1, 1990–June 30, 2005". Union College. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  22. ↑ "James Underwood named interim president of Union College, May 27, 2005". Union College. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  23. ↑ "Stephen Charles Ainlay: Eighteenth president of Union College, July 1, 2006". Union College. 2006-07-01. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  24. ↑ "Therese A. McCarty, John Prior Lewis '41 Professor of Economics". Union College. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  25. ↑ "Making Our Mark, A Celebration of Union Women, Timeline, 2013". Union College. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  26. ↑ "David R. Harris". Union College. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
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