List of presidents of Princeton University

Princeton University is led by a President selected by the Board of Trustees. Until the accession of Woodrow Wilson, a political scientist, in 1902, they were all Presbyterian clergymen, as well as professors.[1] Former President Shirley M. Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists. The official residence of the president of the university is the Walter Lowrie House.[2] Prior to 1968, Prospect House served in that capacity.[3]

Presidents

Acting Presidents are in italics

1. Reverend Jonathan Dickinson 1747[4]

   Aaron Burr, Sr. 1747–1748

2. Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. 1748–1757
3. Reverend Jonathan Edwards 1758

   Jacob Green 1758–1759

4. Reverend Samuel Davies 1759–1761
5. Reverend Samuel Finley 1761–1766

   John Blair 1767–1768

6. Reverend John Witherspoon 1768–1794
7. Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith 1795–1812
8. Reverend Ashbel Green 1812–1822

   Philip Lindsley 1822–1823

9. Reverend James Carnahan 1823–1854
10. Reverend John Maclean, Jr. 1854–1868
11. Reverend James McCosh 1868–1888
12. Reverend Francis L. Patton 1888–1902
13. Woodrow Wilson 1902–1910

    John Aikman Stewart 1910–1912

14. John Grier Hibben 1912–1932

    Edward Dickinson Duffield 1932–1933

15. Harold W. Dodds 1933–1957
16. Robert F. Goheen 1957–1972
17. William G. Bowen 1972–1988
18. Harold T. Shapiro 1988–2001
19. Shirley M. Tilghman 2001–2013
20. Christopher L. Eisgruber 2013–present

References

1. Axtell, James (2006). The Making of Princeton University: From Woodrow Wilson to the Present. Princeton University Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-0691126869.
2. Leitch, Alexander (1978). A Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press.
3. "Prospect House History". Princeton University.
4. http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/university_president.html

External links

• The Presidents of Princeton University
• A Princeton Companion page on the office
• Photographic tour of Princeton Cemetery