President of the University of Richmond

The President of the University of Richmond is the chief administrator of the University of Richmond and an ex officio member of the university's Board of Trustees. The current president is Ronald Crutcher, formerly the president of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts.[1]

History

The University of Richmond was founded in 1830 as an academy created by the "Education Society" of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. In 1832, the academy was relocated and renamed the Virginia Baptist Seminary, and Robert Ryland was named superintendent. In 1840, the Virginia General Assembly passed articles of incorporation, and the seminary became a liberal arts college known as Richmond College. Ryland was named the institution's first president in 1841. From 1869 to 1895, the college changed to a faculty-run administration, and the position of president was eliminated. The position was restored in 1895 with the appointment of Frederic W. Boatwright as president. He would serve in that capacity for 51 years.[2]

Presidents of the University of Richmond
  1. Robert Ryland (1841–1866)
  2. Tiberius G. Jones (1866–1869)
  3. Frederic W. Boatwright (1895–1946)
  4. George M. Modlin (1946–1971)
  5. E. Bruce Heilman (1971–1986 and 1987–1988)
  6. Samuel A. Banks (1986–1987)
  7. Richard L. Morrill (1988–1998)
  8. William E. Cooper (1998–2007)
  9. Edward L. Ayers (2007–2015)
  10. Ronald Crutcher (2015–)
gollark: Maybe. On the one hand I at least like to think I'm vaguely better than average at actually paying attention to explanations for things and won't just immediately consign them to "outgroup → bad" or "not convention → bad". On the other hand probably most people think that since people are bad at comparing things. On the third hand, which I totally have, the alternative is to just assume people doing things are probably right, which seems wrong.
gollark: No, which is why I said I didn't care that much.
gollark: > that might be valid but itS' also an easy to abuse excuse to dislike almost anything> because you can always say that you don't see the pointThis is typically why people explain things.
gollark: I don't care a huge amount either way, but it's vaguely weird.
gollark: I'm against change which isn't particularly useful-seeming and/or basically without notice.

References
  1. University of Richmond President's Office: About Dr. Crutcher
  2. History of the University of Richmond: Timeline
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