List of University of Washington Presidents

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The following individuals have held the Office of President of the University of Washington.[1]. There are gaps in the line of succession when the University was closed from 1867-69 and part of 1874 and 1876. The University President who have had buildings named after them are marked with an asterisk.

Asa Shinn Mercer* 1861–1863 UW Library's Biography
William Edward Barnard 1863–1866 UW Library's Biography
George Fred Whitworth 1866–1867 UW Library's Biography
John Henry Hall* 1869–1872 UW Library's Biography
Eugene Kincaid Hill 1872–1874 UW Library's Biography
Mary W. (May) Thayer 1874 UW Library's Biography
George Fred Whitworth 1874–1876 UW Library's Biography
Alexander Jay Anderson* 1877–1882 UW Library's Biography
Leonard Jackson Powell 1882–1887 UW Library's Biography
Thomas Milton Gatch 1887–1895 UW Library's Biography
Mark Walrod Harrington 1895–1897 UW Library's Biography
William Franklin Edwards 1897 UW Library's Biography
Charles Francis Reeves 1897–1898 (Acting) UW Library's Biography
Frank Pierrepont Graves* 1898-1902 UW Library's Biography
Thomas Franklin Kane* 1902–1914 UW Library's Biography
Henry Landes 1914–1915 (Acting) UW Library's Biography
Henry Suzzallo* 1915–1926 UW Library's Biography
David Thomson* 1926–1927 (Acting) UW Library's Biography
Matthew Lyle Spencer 1927–1933 UW Library's Biography
Hugo Winkenwerder* 1933–1934 (Acting) UW Library's Biography
Lee Paul Sieg* 1934–1946 UW Library's Biography
Raymond B. Allen 1946–1951 UW Library's Biography
H.P. (Dick) Everest 1952 (Acting) UW Library's Biography
Henry Schmitz* 1952–1958 UW Library's Biography
Charles E. Odegaard* 1958–1973 UW Library's Biography
Philip W. Cartwright 1973–1974 (Acting) UW Library's Biography
John R. Hogness 1974–1979 UW Library's Biography
William P. Gerberding* 1979–1995 UW Library's Biography
Richard L. McCormick 1995–2002
Lee L. Huntsman 2002–2003 (Acting)

2003–2004

Mark A. Emmert 2004– UW Biography

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