President and Trustees of Colby College

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The President and Trustees of Colby College is an 501(c) organization which is the governing body of Colby College, a private liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine, United States. As of 2017, the president is David A. Greene, and the chair of Board is Eric S. Rosengren. [1]

Contents

The organization provides general supervision of the administration and property of the College, including appointment of the President. [2]

Structure

The bylaws of the corporation provide that membership shall consist of the current President, and not fewer than twenty-four nor more than thirty-five other Trustees. Not fewer than six nor more than nine of said Trustees shall be elected by the Colby College Alumni Association. The term of office of each Trustee lasts five years. The corporation meets three times annually. Both the faculty and the student body may elect two members each as representatives to attend meetings of the corporation, but not as voting members. [2]

Presidents

Jeremiah Chaplin, Founder and 1st President of Colby College Jeremiah chaplin colby.jpeg
Jeremiah Chaplin, Founder and 1st President of Colby College
OrderNamePosition(s)Term BeganTerm EndedAlumnus/na?Reference
1Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin President18221833no
2Rev. Rufus Babcock President18331836no
3 Robert Everett Pattison President18361839no
4 Eliphaz Fay President18411843no
5 David Newton Sheldon President18431853no
6 Robert Everett Pattison President18541857no
7 James Tift Champlin President18571873no
8 Henry Ephraim Robins President18731882no
9 George Dana Boardman Pepper President18821889no
10 Albion Woodbury Small President188918921876 [3]
11 Beniah Longley Whitman President18921895no
12 Nathaniel Butler Jr. President189619011873
13 Charles Lincoln White President19011908no
14 Arthur J. Roberts President190819271890 [4]
15 Franklin W. Johnson President192919421891
16 J. Seelye Bixler President19421960no
17 Robert E. L. Strider President19601979no
18 William R. Cotter President19792000no
19 William Drea Adams President20002014no [5]
20 David A. Greene President2014presentno [6]

Trustees

Chairs of the Board

OrderNameGraduatedElectedLeft/RetiredReference
1 Abner Coburn n/a18741885 [7]
2 J. Warren Merrill n/a18851890 [7]
3 Josiah Hayden Drummond n/a18901892 [7]
4 Percival Bonney 186319021906 [7]
5 Leslie C. Cornish 187519071926 [7]
6 Herbert Elijah Wadsworth 189219261934 [7]
7 George Otis Smith 189319341944 [7]
8George Goodwin Averill192119441946 [7]
9Neil Leonard192119461960 [7]
10Reginald Houghton Sturtevant192119601965 [7]
11Ellerton Marcel Jetten/a19651971 [7]
12Albert Carlton Palmer193019711979 [7]
13 Robert N. Anthony 193819791983 [7]
14H. Ridgely Bullock195519831991 [7]
15 Lawrence Pugh 195619911999 [7]
16James Bartlett Crawford196419992005 [7]
17Joseph F. Boulos196820052009 [7]
18 Robert E. Diamond, Jr. 197320092016 [7]
19 Eric S. Rosengren 19792016present [7]

Other Notable Trustees

NameGraduatedElectedLeft/RetiredReference
Mark Langdon Hill n/a18211826 [8]
Lucius Bolles n/a18211842 [8]
Adoniram Judson n/a18211823 [8]
William King n/a18211848 [8]
Mark Harris n/a18211842 [8]
Albion Parris n/a18231826 [8]
Joseph Torreyn/a18291834 [8]
Baron Stow n/a18301852 [8]
Jeremiah Chaplin n/a18331840 [8]
George Evans n/a18371847 [8]
Edward Kent n/a18381847 [8]
Samuel Francis Smith n/a18401860 [8]
Elijah Hamlin n/a18411847 [8]
Josiah Pierce n/a18431858 [8]
Abner Coburn n/a18451885 [8]
Hiram Belcher n/a18471856 [8]
Isaac Davis n/a18471855 [8]
Edgar Harkness Gray 183818491853 [8]
John Hubbard n/a18491862 [8]
Ebenezer Knowlton n/a18511858 [8]
Mark H. Dunnell 184918581867 [8]
Lot M. Morrill n/a18621869 [8]
J. Warren Merrill n/a18621890 [8]
Gardner Colby n/a18651879 [8]
Henry Sweetser Burrage n/a18811906 [8]
George Dana Boardman Pepper n/a18821892 [8]
Richard C. Shannon 186218891921 [8]
Albion Woodbury Small n/a18901897 [8]
Beniah Longley Whitman n/a18921896 [8]
Eugene Foss n/a18971915 [8]
Eugene Hale n/a18971899 [8]
George C. Wing Jr. n/a19011931 [8]
George Otis Smith 189319031943 [8]
Asher Hinds 188319041919 [8]
Forrest Goodwin 188719081913 [8]
Louise Helen Coburn 187619191930 [8]
Herbert Lord 188419201925 [8]
Franklin W. Johnson 189119201955 [8]
Warren C. Philbrook n/a19231933 [8]
Angier Goodwin 190219321934 [8]
Bainbridge Colby LL.D. 193319321942 [8]
Marston Morse 191419331947 [8]
Mary Louise Curtis Bok n/a19361939 [8]
Carl Raymond Gray n/a19381939 [8]
Guy Gabrielson n/a19411959 [8]
Sumner Sewall n/a19451960 [8]
Winthrop H. Smith n/a19461958 [8]
J. Seelye Bixler n/a19571985 [8]
Dwight E. Sargent 19391958 [8]
Paul Donnelly Paganucci n/a19752001 [9]
Robert E. L. Strider II Litt.D. 197919792010
Levin H. Campbell n/a19811999 [10]
Robert E. Diamond, Jr. 1973, LL.D. 20082007
Robert S. Gelbard 1964, LL.D. 20022008
William R. Cotter LL.D. 20002014Life Trustee

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