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

Presidents

Acting Presidents are in italics

1. Reverend Jonathan Dickinson 1747^[1]

   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-

References

External links

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

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