President of Princeton University

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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 clergymen, as well as professors. President Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists.

[edit] Presidents

Acting Presidents are in italics

1. Jonathan Dickinson 1747

   Aaron Burr, Sr.

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

   Jacob Green

4. Samuel Davies 1759-1761
5. Samuel Finley 1761-1766
6. John Witherspoon 1768-1794
7. Samuel Stanhope Smith 1795-1812
8. Ashbel Green 1812-1822

   Philip Lindsly

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

    John Aikman Stewart

14. John G. Hibben 1912-1932

    Edward Dickinson Duffield

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-present

[edit] References

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