List of Centre College people

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Here follows a list of notable people associated with Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

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Notable graduates

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Justice John Marshall Harlan, class of 1850
Vice President John C. Breckinridge, class of 1838 John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg
Vice President John C. Breckinridge, class of 1838
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, class of 1909, law class of 1911 Fred m vinson.jpg
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, class of 1909, law class of 1911
Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, class of 1859 Adlai Ewing Stevenson I head-on-shoulders.jpg
Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, class of 1859

Law

Government

Arts

Athletics

Academia

Business

Other

Faculty and staff

Presidents of the College

No.PresidentTermNotesSource
1 James McChord March 4, 1820 – May 29, 1820Elected president on March 4, but died before officially assuming the presidency [4]
Samuel Finley1822President pro tem [5]
2 Jeremiah Chamberlain December 21, 1822 – August 12, 1826 [6]
David C. ProcterOctober 27, 1826 – c.July 1827President pro tem
3 Gideon Blackburn August 1, 1827 – October 26, 1830
4 John C. Young November 1830 – June 23, 1857Died in office
5 Lewis W. Green January 1, 1858 – May 26, 1863Died in office
6 William L. Breckinridge October 15, 1863 – November 1868
Ormond Beatty November 1868 – September 1, 1870President pro tem
7Ormond BeattySeptember 1, 1870 – June 1888Centre College class of 1835
8 William C. Young June 19, 1888 – September 16, 1896Died in office
John C. FalesSeptember 1896 – June 1898President pro tem
9William C. RobertsJune 7, 1898 – November 27, 1903Died in office
10 Frederick W. Hinitt April 7, 1904 – January 1, 1915
John W. Redd1915President pro tem
11 William Arthur Ganfield 1915 – 1921
12 R. Ames Montgomery 1922 – March 9, 1926Resigned at request of the student body amidst dispute over emphasis of football over academics
Charles G. Crooks1926President pro tem
13 Charles J. Turck 1927 – 1936
Frank L. RaineyJune 1936 – October 2, 1936President pro tem, died in office
James H. HewlettJune 1936 – October 2, 1936President pro tem
14Robert L. McLeod, Jr.1938 – November 1945Took leave of absence from 1942–1945 to serve as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy during World War II
James H. Hewlett1942 – 1944President pro tem during McLeod's leave of absence
15Robert J. McMullenSeptember 1944 – c.September 1946Served as co-president with McLeod from 1944 – November 1945
James H. Hewlett1946 – January 1947President pro tem
16 Walter A. Groves January 1947 – June 3, 1957
William B. GuerrantJune 3, 1957 – November 1957President pro tem
17 Thomas A. Spragens November 11, 1957 – November 16, 1981
Edgar C. Reckard1981President pro tem
18 Richard L. Morrill 1982 – September 30, 1988
William H. BreezeOctober 1, 1988 – December 1988President pro tem
19 Michael F. Adams December 1988 – c.June 1997
Milton M. ReigelmanSeptember 1, 1997 – June 1998President pro tem
20 John A. Roush July 1, 1998 – July 1, 2020
21 Milton C. Moreland July 1, 2020 – present

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