List of Northwestern University presidents

Northwestern University has had 21 presidents since it was founded in 1851.^[1]

List of presidents

1. Clark T. Hinman, DD (1853–1854)
2. Henry S. Noyes, MA (1854–1856) (interim/acting president)
3. Randolph S. Foster, DD, LLD (1856–1860)
4. Henry S. Noyes, MA (1860–1867) (interim/acting president)
5. David H. Wheeler, DD (1867–1869) (interim/acting president)
6. Erastus O. Haven, DD, LLD (1869–1872)
7. Charles H. Fowler, DD, LLD (1872–1876)
8. Oliver Marcy, LLD (1876–1881)°
9. Joseph Cummings, DD, LLD (1881–1890)
10. Henry Wade Rogers, LLD (1890–1900)
11. Daniel Bonbright, MA, LLD (1900–1902) (interim/acting president)
12. Edmund J. James, PhD, LLD (1902–1904)
13. Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1904–1906) (interim/acting president)
14. Abram W. Harris, ScD, LLD (1906–1916)
15. Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1916–1919) (interim/acting president)
16. Lynn H. Hough, DD (1919–1920)
17. Walter Dill Scott, PhD, LLD (1920–1939)
18. Franklyn Bliss Snyder, PhD, LLD (1939–1949)
19. J. Roscoe Miller, MD, LLD, ScD (1949–1970)
20. Robert H. Strotz, PhD, LLD (1970–1984)
21. Arnold R. Weber, PhD (1984–1994)
22. Henry S. Bienen, PhD (1995–2009)
23. Morton O. Schapiro, PhD (2009-present)

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