Here follows a list of notable people associated with Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
No. | President | Term | Notes | Source |
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1 | James McChord | March 4, 1820 – May 29, 1820 | Elected president on March 4, but died before officially assuming the presidency | [4] |
– | Samuel Finley | 1822 | President pro tem | [5] |
2 | Jeremiah Chamberlain | December 21, 1822 – August 12, 1826 | [6] | |
– | David C. Procter | October 27, 1826 – c.July 1827 | President pro tem | |
3 | Gideon Blackburn | August 1, 1827 – October 26, 1830 | ||
4 | John C. Young | November 1830 – June 23, 1857 | Died in office | |
5 | Lewis W. Green | January 1, 1858 – May 26, 1863 | Died in office | |
6 | William L. Breckinridge | October 15, 1863 – November 1868 | ||
– | Ormond Beatty | November 1868 – September 1, 1870 | President pro tem | |
7 | Ormond Beatty | September 1, 1870 – June 1888 | Centre College class of 1835 | |
8 | William C. Young | June 19, 1888 – September 16, 1896 | Died in office | |
– | John C. Fales | September 1896 – June 1898 | President pro tem | |
9 | William C. Roberts | June 7, 1898 – November 27, 1903 | Died in office | |
10 | Frederick W. Hinitt | April 7, 1904 – January 1, 1915 | ||
– | John W. Redd | 1915 | President pro tem | |
11 | William Arthur Ganfield | 1915 – 1921 | ||
12 | R. Ames Montgomery | 1922 – March 9, 1926 | Resigned at request of the student body amidst dispute over emphasis of football over academics | |
– | Charles G. Crooks | 1926 | President pro tem | |
13 | Charles J. Turck | 1927 – 1936 | ||
– | Frank L. Rainey | June 1936 – October 2, 1936 | President pro tem, died in office | |
– | James H. Hewlett | June 1936 – October 2, 1936 | President pro tem | |
14 | Robert L. McLeod, Jr. | 1938 – November 1945 | Took leave of absence from 1942–1945 to serve as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy during World War II | |
– | James H. Hewlett | 1942 – 1944 | President pro tem during McLeod's leave of absence | |
15 | Robert J. McMullen | September 1944 – c.September 1946 | Served as co-president with McLeod from 1944 – November 1945 | |
– | James H. Hewlett | 1946 – January 1947 | President pro tem | |
16 | Walter A. Groves | January 1947 – June 3, 1957 | ||
– | William B. Guerrant | June 3, 1957 – November 1957 | President pro tem | |
17 | Thomas A. Spragens | November 11, 1957 – November 16, 1981 | ||
– | Edgar C. Reckard | 1981 | President pro tem | |
18 | Richard L. Morrill | 1982 – September 30, 1988 | ||
– | William H. Breeze | October 1, 1988 – December 1988 | President pro tem | |
19 | Michael F. Adams | December 1988 – c.June 1997 | ||
– | Milton M. Reigelman | September 1, 1997 – June 1998 | President pro tem | |
20 | John A. Roush | July 1, 1998 – July 1, 2020 | ||
21 | Milton C. Moreland | July 1, 2020 – present |
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