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 Presbyterian clergymen, as well as professors.^[1] Former President Shirley M. Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists. The official residence of the president of the university is the Walter Lowrie House.^[2] Prior to 1968, Prospect House served in that capacity.^[3]

Presidents

Acting Presidents are in italics

1. Reverend Jonathan Dickinson 1747^[4]

   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

1. Axtell, James (2006). The Making of Princeton University: From Woodrow Wilson to the Present. Princeton University Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-0691126869.
2. Leitch, Alexander (1978). A Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press.
3. "Prospect House History". Princeton University.
4. http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/university_president.html

External links

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