List of presidents of the University of Virginia
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The following is a list of presidents of the University of Virginia.
[edit] Presidents
| Years | President |
|---|---|
| 1825-1904 | No President [1] |
| 1904-1931 | Edwin Anderson Alderman |
| 1931-1947 | John Lloyd Newcomb |
| 1947-1959 | Colgate W. Darden, Jr. |
| 1959-1974 | Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. |
| 1974-1985 | Frank L. Hereford, Jr. |
| 1985-1990 | Robert M. O’Neil |
| 1990-present | John T. Casteen III |
[edit] References
- ^ In Thomas Jefferson’s original plan the faculty, counseled by a Board of Visitors, governed the University. By the turn of the century, the school had grown larger and more complex, and the Visitors saw the need to appoint a president. When Woodrow Wilson, a University of Virginia law graduate yet to be president, declined the offer, they turned to Edwin Anderson Alderman, well known as an innovative educator in the South and a great orator across the nation. Alderman was inaugurated on Founder’s Day, April 13, 1905. Within a year, Alderman had seen to the opening of a school of education at the University.
