List of Shimer College presidents

This is a list of presidents of Shimer College, from 1853 to the present.

See also: List of Shimer College people

Former president Ed Noonan, former interim president David Shiner, former president Don Moon, current president Susan Henking, and former president William Craig Rice.

List

• A "–" indicates that the individual served as interim or acting president.

#	Name	Term begin	Term end	Notes	References
1	Frances Shimer	1853	1896	Title: Principal Former schoolteacher
-	Frank J. Miller	1896	1897	Title: Non-resident principal[1] Professor at University of Chicago	[2]
2	William Parker McKee	1897	1930	Title: Dean Former Baptist minister	[2]
3	Floyd Wilcox	1930	1935	Title: President	[2]
-	A. Beth Hostetter	1935	1936		[2]
4	Raymond Culver	1936	1938	Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College	[2]
-	A. Beth Hostetter	1938	1939		[2]
5	Albin C. Bro	1939	1949	Former staff at University of Chicago Press	[2]
-	John Russel	1949	1950		[3]
6	Aaron Brumbaugh	1950	1954	Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago	[2][4]
7	Francis Joseph Mullin	1954	1968	Former professor of medicine at the University of Chicago	[2]
8	Milburn Akers	1968	1970	Former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times	[2]
9	Robert Spencer Long[2]	1970	1974	Formerly Dean at Roger Williams College
-	Esther G. Weinstein	1974	1975		[2]
10	Ralph W. Conant	1975	1978	Urbanologist	[2]
11	Donald P. Moon	1978	2004	Episcopal priest Former nuclear reactor physicist	[2]
12	William Craig Rice	2004	2006	Former staff member at the American Academy for Liberal Education
-	Ronald Champagne	2007	2009	Former administrator at Roosevelt University
13	Thomas K. Lindsay	2009	2010	Former director at the National Endowment for the Humanities
-	Edward Noonan	2010	2012	Former architect
14	Susan Henking	2012	2017	Scholar of religious studies

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  Susan Henking, president of Shimer College 2012–2017 Final President of Shimer College
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  Edward Noonan, interim president of Shimer College 2010-2012
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  Thomas Lindsay, president of Shimer College 2009-2010
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  Ron Champagne, interim president of Shimer College 2006-2008
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  William Craig Rice, president of Shimer College 2004-2006
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  Don Moon, president of Shimer College 1978-2004
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  Esther Weinstein, interim president of Shimer College 1974-1975
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  Ralph Conant, president of Shimer College 1975-1978
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  Milburn Akers, president of Shimer College 1968-1970
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  F.J. Mullin, president of Shimer College 1954-1968
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  Aaron Brumbaugh, president of Shimer College 1950-1953
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  John H. Russel, interim president 1949-1950
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  Albin Bro, president of Frances Shimer College 1939-1949
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  A. Beth Hostetter, interim president 1935-1936 and 1938-1939
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  Raymond Culver, president of Frances Shimer Junior College 1936-1938
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  Floyd Wilcox, president of Frances Shimer Junior College 1930-1935
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  William Parker McKee, dean of Frances Shimer Academy 1897-1930
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  Frank Justus Miller, principal of Frances Shimer Academy 1896-1897
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  Frances Shimer, principal of Mount Carroll Seminary 1853-1896
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  Frances Shimer and Cindarella Gregory, co-principals of Mount Carroll Seminary 1853-1870

Works cited

• Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

1. "The Frances Shimer School of the University of Chicago". Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2. 1910. pp. 715–718.
2. Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.
3. "Dr Russel Appointed As Frances Shimer College Acting Head". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1949-09-01.
4. "Something for the Girls". Time. 1950-07-10.