List of presidents of Union College explained

Presidents

Union College has had nineteen presidents since its founding in 1795.[1]

  1. John Blair Smith (1795 - 1799)[2]
  2. Jonathan Edwards, Jr. (1799 - 1801)[3]
  3. Jonathan Maxcy (1802 - 1804)[4]
  4. Eliphalet Nott (1804 - 1866)[5]
  5. Laurens Perseus Hickok (1866 - 1868)[6]
  6. Charles Augustus Aiken (1869 - 1871)[7]
  7. Eliphalet Nott Potter (1871 - 1884)[8] [9] President ad interim: Judson S. Landon (judge and trustee) (1884-1888)][10]
  8. Harrison Edwin Webster (1888 - 1894)[11]
  9. Andrew Van Vranken Raymond (1894 - 1907)[12] [13]
  10. Charles Alexander Richmond (1909 - 1928)[14]
  11. Frank Parker Day (1929 - 1933)[15]
  12. Dixon Ryan Fox (1934 - 1945)[16]
  13. Carter Davidson (1946 - 1965)[17]
  14. Harold Clark Martin (1965 - 1974)[18]
  15. Thomas Neville Bonner (1974 - 1978)[19]
  16. John Selwyn Morris (1979 - 1990)[20]
  17. Roger Harold Hull (1990 - 2005)[21] [Interim: James Underwood (2005&ndash;2006)<ref>{{cite web |title=James Underwood named interim president of Union College, May 27, 2005 |publisher=Union College |accessdate=2018-08-27 |url=https://muse.union.edu/newsarchives/2005/05/27/james-underwood-named-interim-president/}}</ref>]
  18. Stephen Ainlay (2006 - 2018)[22] [Acting President: Therese A. McCarty (July&ndash;December 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Therese A. McCarty, John Prior Lewis '41 Professor of Economics |publisher=Union College |accessdate=2021-04-24 |url=https://www.union.edu/economics/faculty-staff/therese-mccarty}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Making Our Mark, A Celebration of Union Women, Timeline, 2013 |publisher=Union College |accessdate=2021-04-24 |url=https://www.union.edu/making-our-mark/timeline}}</ref>]
  19. David R. Harris (2018 - present)[23]

Notes and References

  1. Somers (2003), p. 510
  2. Book: Dictionary of American Biography (DAB). Scribner. New York. 7:299.
  3. DAB, 6:37
  4. DAB, 12:433
  5. DAB, 13:580
  6. DAB, 9:5
  7. DAB, 1:126
  8. DAB, 15:126
  9. Web site: Eliphalet Nott Potter . 2023-09-03 . Union College . en.
  10. Book: Raymond, Andrew Van Vranken . Union University: Its History, Influence, Characteristics and Equipment . Lewis Publishing Company . 1907 . New York . 365–373.
  11. Raymond (1907), p. 1:374
  12. Raymond (1907), p. 1:387
  13. Somers (2003), p. 599
  14. Somers (2003), p. 609
  15. Somers (2003), p. 221
  16. Book: American National Biography (ANB). Oxford University Press. New York. 8:336.
  17. Somers (2003), p. 215
  18. Somers (2003), p. 472
  19. Somers (2003), p. 115
  20. Somers (2003), p. 493
  21. Web site: Roger H. Hull: Seventeenth president of Union College, September 1, 1990 - June 30, 2005 . Union College . 2010-09-30 .
  22. Web site: Stephen Charles Ainlay: Eighteenth president of Union College, July 1, 2006 . Union College . 2006-07-01 . 2010-09-30 .
  23. Web site: David R. Harris . Union College . 2018-02-20 .

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