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. President Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists.
[edit] Presidents
- Acting Presidents are in italics
- Reverend Jonathan Dickinson 1747[1]
- Aaron Burr, Sr. 1747-1748
- Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. 1748-1757
- Reverend Jonathan Edwards 1758
- Jacob Green 1758-1759
- Reverend Samuel Davies 1759-1761
- Reverend Samuel Finley 1761-1766
- John Blair 1767-1768
- Reverend John Witherspoon 1768-1794
- Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith 1795-1812
- Reverend Ashbel Green 1812-1822
- Philip Lindsly 1822-1823
- Reverend James Carnahan 1823-1854
- Reverend John Maclean, Jr. 1854-1868
- Reverend James McCosh 1868-1888
- Reverend Francis L. Patton 1888-1902
- Woodrow Wilson 1902-1910
- John Aikman Stewart 1910-1912
- John Grier Hibben 1912-1932
- Edward Dickinson Duffield 1932-1933
- Harold W. Dodds 1933-1957
- Robert F. Goheen 1957-1972
- William G. Bowen 1972-1988
- Harold T. Shapiro 1988-2001
- Shirley M. Tilghman 2001-present
[edit] See also
Ivy League Presidents
[edit] References
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