President of Oberlin College

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President of Oberlin College
since 2017
TypePresident
Formation1835
First holder Asa Mahan

The President of Oberlin College is the chief administrator of both Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. [1] Each is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current incumbent is Carmen Twillie Ambar. [2] As part of Oberlin's inherent mission of a vastly interdisciplinary education, presidents have been chosen from a wide range of fields as diverse as musical performance (Starr), theology (Finney) physics (Fuller), law (Krislov), athletics (Stevenson) and pure mathematics (King). Thus, each president is a qualified academic professor who has the opportunity to teach classes.

Presidents of Oberlin College

The following persons have served as president of Oberlin College: [3] [4]

No.ImagePresidentTerm startTerm endRefs.
actingHenry Brown18341834
acting JohnKeep1859.jpg John Keep 18341835
1 Asa Mahan (1799-1889).png Asa Mahan 18351850
acting Charles g finney.jpg Charles Grandison Finney 18491849
actingJohn Morgan18501850
2 Charles g finney.jpg Charles Grandison Finney [a] 18511866
actingJohn Morgan18591859
3 James Harris Fairchild (1817-1902).png James Fairchild 18661889
actingFrances Drake Parish18711871
acting John Millott Ellis 18711871
actingHenry Martyn Tenney18891891
4William Gay Ballantine18911896
acting James Harris Fairchild (1817-1902).png James Harris Fairchild 18961898
5 John Henry Barrows.png John Henry Barrows 18991902 [b]
actingJohn Guiteau Welch Cowles19021902
6 Henry Churchill King (1858-1934).png Henry Churchill King 19021927
actingHenry Martyn Tenney19091910
actingEdward Increase Bosworth19181919
7Ernest H. Wilkins19271946
8 William Stevenson 19461960
actingWilliam Blair StewartDecember 1952March 1953
actingDonald Melbourne LoveJune 1959September 1959
9 Robert K. Carr 19601969
actingEllsworth Clayton Carlson19691970
10 Robertwfuller.jpg Robert W. Fuller 19701974
actingEllsworth Clayton Carlson19741975
11 Emil Danenberg April 1975January 16, 1982 [b] [5]
acting [c] James Lawrence Powell September 1981July 1983
12 S. Frederick Starr July 1, 1983June 30, 1994
actingAlfred F. MacKayJuly 1991February 1992
13 Nancy Dye July 1, 1994June 30, 2007 [6]
acting [d] Clayton R. KoppesJuly 2000December 2000 [7]
14 Marvin Krislov July 1, 2007June 30, 2017 [e] [8] [9] [10]
actingClayton R. KoppesJuly 1, 2017August 31, 2017 [11]
15 Carmen Twillie Ambar September 1, 2017present [12] [13] [14]

Table notes:

  1. ↑ Leader in the Second Great Awakening
  2. 1 2 Died in office.
  3. ↑ Powell was acting president while president Danenberg was in the hospital and after Danenberg's death.
  4. ↑ Acting president during Nancy Dye's 2000 sabbatical leave.
  5. ↑ Resigned to lead Pace University.

References

  1. ↑ "Oberlin College". Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  2. ↑ And Then There Were Three The Mass Media
  3. ↑ "Presidents of Oberlin Colleges". Oberlin College Archives. Oberlin College. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "History of Oberlin Presidents". Oberlin College. 30 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Saxon, Wolfgang (January 18, 1982). "EMIL DENANEBERG, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD" . The New York Times . p. D10.
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Maxine; Hansen, Jamie (September 15, 2006). "Dye Announces Retirement: After 12 Years, Dye is Set to Step Down". The Oberlin Review .
  7. ↑ Dodson, Robert K. (Fall 2000). "The Best of Both Worlds". Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 96, no. 2.
  8. ↑ McIntyre, Mike (Summer 2007). "Taking Office". Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 103, no. 1.
  9. ↑ "President Krislov Announces Departure Plans". Oberlin College. September 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Marvin Krislov Named Pace University President". Oberlin College. February 14, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Clayton Koppes Receives Distinguished Achievement Award". Oberlin College. June 18, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Carmen Twillie Ambar Named 15th President of Oberlin". Oberlin College News Center. Oberlin College. May 30, 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Carmen Twillie Ambar Named 15th President of Oberlin". Oberlin College. May 30, 2017.
  14. ↑ Harris, Melissa; Bolles, Christian (September 1, 2017). "Off the Cuff: Carmen Ambar, President of Oberlin College". The Oberlin Review .
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