List of Presidents of Eastern Michigan University

The following is a complete List of Presidents of Eastern Michigan University. This list includes previous presidents under the school's past names Eastern Michigan College, Michigan State Normal College, and Michigan State Normal School. Prior to the Normal School's elevation to collegiate status, presidents were called "Principal."

A total of 26 people have served as the president: 24 men (including three interim appointments) and 2 women (including one interim appointment).

List of presidents

Welch Hall

Boone Hall

McKenny Hall

Munson Hall

Porter Hall

Sponberg Entrance

No.	Inst.	Full name	Start	End	Namesake(s)	Notes	Ref.
1	MSNS	Adonijah Strong Welch	1851	1865	Welch Hall, currently housing administrative offices		[1]
2		David Porter Mayhew	1865	1870	Parking lots Mayhew 1 & 2 near the Village and Towers are named after Mayhew[2]		[1]
3		Charles FitzRoy Bellows	1870	1871			[1]
4		Joseph Estabrook	1871	1880			[1]
5		Malcolm MacVicar	1880	1881			[1]
6		Daniel Putnam	1880	1883	Putnam Hall, a residence hall		[1]
7		Edwin Willits	1883	1885			[1]
8		Daniel Putnam	1885	1886			[1]
9		John Mayhelm Barry Sill	1886	1893	Sill Hall, home to the Fine and Industrial Arts programs	Sill was a member of the first graduating class of MSNS, in 1854.	[1][3]
10		Richard Gause Boone	1893	1899	Boone Hall		[1][4]
11	MSNS MSNC	Elmer A. Lyman	1900	1902			[1]
12	MSNC	Lewis Henry Jones	1903	1911	Jones Hall, a residence hall		[1]
13		Charles McKenny	1912	1933	McKenny Hall, the first student union on the campus of a teachers' college		[1][5][6][7]
14	MSNC	John M. Munson	1933	1948	Munson Hall, a residence hall		[1]
15	MSNC EMC EMU	Eugene B. Elliott	1948	1965		Elliott oversaw the transition from Michigan State Normal College to Eastern Michigan College and finally Eastern Michigan University.	[1]
16	EMU	Harold E. Sponberg	1965	1974	Sponberg Theater		[1]
17		Ralph Gilden	1974	1974		Interim president for six months following Sponberg's retirement.	[8]
18		James H. Brickley	1974	1978			[1]
19		John W. Porter	1979	1989	Porter Building, housing the College of Education		[1]
20		William E. Shelton	1989	2000		Presided over the 1991 mascot change	[1]
21		Samuel A. Kirkpatrick	2001	2004		Resigned under pressure after spending $6 million on a new president's house and alumni facility.	[1]
22		Craig D. Willis	2004	2005		Served a one-year appointment as interim president	[1]
23		John A. Fallon III	2005	2007		Fired following the Laura Dickinson murder	[1]
24		Donald M. Loppnow	2007	2008		Served a one-year appointment as interim president	[1]
25		Susan Martin	2008	2015		First female president of EMU.	[1]
26		Kim Schatzel	July 8, 2015	January 7, 2016		Interim appointment	[9]
27		Donald Loppnow	January 8, 2016	June 30, 2016		Interim appointment	[10]
28		James M. Smith	July 1, 2016	present			[11]
*MSNS-Michigan State Normal School MSNC-Michigan State Normal College EMC-Eastern Michigan College EMU-Eastern Michigan University

Notes

1. "EMU Presidents". EMU Presidents. emu. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
2. "Mayhew". Mayhew. Emich.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
3. Virtual Tour: Sill Hall, Eastern Michigan University, retrieved 2012-07-11
4. Eastern Michigan University, ‘’Vital statistics Regarding Campus Buildings’’ August 24, 1964, document in EMU Archives.
5. "Charles McKenny Hall Dedicated Today", The Ypsilanti Daily Press, 1931-10-24, retrieved 2011-02-12
6. Heflin, Cindy (2009-06-24). "Eastern Michigan University wins historic preservation award". MLive.com. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
7. "EMU Virtual Tour: McKenny Union". Eastern Michigan University. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
8. Podell, Ron (2011-06-14), "Former EMU faculty member, administrator Ralph Gilden passes away at 93", Focus EMU, Eastern Michigan University, retrieved 2012-11-28, Gilden even served as interim president at EMU for six months in 1974, after then-president Harold Sponberg resigned.
9. Freed, Ben (April 9, 2015). "EMU regents name Provost Kim Schatzel interim president". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
10. Kraft, Walter (December 21, 2015). "Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents appoints Donald Loppnow to serve as interim president, effective January 8, 2016". EMU Division of Communications. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
11. "Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents elects James M. Smith as University's 23rd president". www.emich.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-23.