List of Presidents of Washington and Lee University

Washington and Lee University is led by a President selected by the Board of Trustees. The University was founded in 1749 as Augusta Academy. It later became Liberty Hall Academy (1782), Washington Academy (1798), Washington College (1813), and finally Washington and Lee University (1871). The office of President was not created until 1782.

Presidents

  1. William Graham, Liberty Hall Academy 1782-1796
  2. Samuel Legrande Campbell, Liberty Hall Academy 1797-1798, Washington Academy 1798-1799
  3. Reverend George Addison Baxter, Washington Academy 1799-1813, Washington College 1813-1829
  4. Louis Marshall (physician), Washington College 1830-1834
  5. Henry Vethake, Washington College 1834-1836
  6. Reverend Henry Ruffner, Washington College 1836-1848
  7. Reverend George Junkin, Washington College 1848-1861 (vacant), Washington College 1861-1865
  8. General Robert E. Lee, Washington College 1865-1870
  9. George Washington Custis Lee, 1871-1897
  10. William Lyne Wilson, 1897-1900
  11. Henry St. George Tucker III (acting), 1900-1901
  12. George H. Denny, 1901-1911
  13. Henry D. Campbell (acting), 1911-1912
  14. John L. Campbell (acting), 1911-1912
  15. Henry L. Smith 1912-1929
  16. Robert H. Tucker (acting), 1930-1930
  17. Francis Pendleton Gaines 1930-1959
  18. Fred C. Cole, 1959-1967
  19. William W. Pusey III (acting), 1967-1968
  20. Robert E. R. Huntley, 1968-1983
  21. John Delane Wilson 1983-1995
  22. John William Elrod 1995-2001
  23. H. Laurent Boetsch Jr. (acting) 2001-2002
  24. Thomas G. Burish, 2002-2005
  25. Harlan R. Beckley (acting), 2005-2006
  26. Kenneth P. Ruscio, 2006-present

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