President of Oberlin College explained
The President of Oberlin College is the chief administrator of both Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.[1] Each is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current incumbent is Carmen Twillie Ambar.[2] As part of Oberlin's inherent mission of a vastly interdisciplinary education, presidents have been chosen from a wide range of fields as diverse as musical performance (Starr), theology (Finney) physics (Fuller), law (Krislov), athletics (Stevenson) and pure mathematics (King). Thus, each president is a qualified academic professor who has the opportunity to teach classes.
Presidents of Oberlin College
- Asa Mahan, 1835–1850[3]
- Charles Grandison Finney, leader in the Second Great Awakening, president 1851–1866
- James Fairchild, 1866–1889
- William Gay Ballantine, 1891–1896
- John Henry Barrows, 1899–1902
- Henry Churchill King, 1902–1927
- Ernest H. Wilkins, 1927–1946
- William Stevenson, 1946–1960
- Robert K. Carr, 1960–1969
- Robert W. Fuller, 1970–1974
- Emil Danenberg, 1975–1982
- S. Frederick Starr, 1983–1994
- Nancy Dye, 1994–2007
- Marvin Krislov, 2007–2017
- Carmen Twillie Ambar, 2017–present
Notes and References
- Web site: Oberlin College . 2013-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012054601/http://www.oberlin.edu/presidentsearch/krislov/ . 2008-10-12 . dead .
- http://media.www.umassmedia.com/media/storage/paper445/news/2005/04/07/News/And-Then.There.Were.Three.Chancellor.Finalists.Announced-915234.shtml And Then There Were Three
- Web site: Presidents of Oberlin College. Oberlin College Archives. Oberlin College. 21 October 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021212656/http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG2/. 21 October 2013.
