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Northwestern University has had 22 different presidents throughout 25 presidential terms (including 8 interim/acting presidential terms) since it was founded in 1851.[1][2][3][4][5]

List of presidents

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No. Image President Term Notes
1 Clark T. Hinman 1853–1854
– Henry Sanborn Noyes 1854–1856 interim president
2 Randolph Sinks Foster 1856–1860
– Henry Sanborn Noyes 1860–1867 interim president
– David H. Wheeler 1867–1869 interim president
3 Erastus Otis Haven 1869–1872
4 Charles Henry Fowler 1872–1876
– Oliver Marcy 1876–1881 acting president
5 Joseph Cummings 1881–1890
— Oliver Marcy 1890–1890 acting president
6 Henry Wade Rogers 1890–1900
– Daniel Bonbright 1900–1902 interim president
7 Edmund J. James 1902–1904
– Thomas F. Holgate 1904–1906 interim president
8 Abram W. Harris 1906–1916
– Thomas F. Holgate 1916–1919 interim president
9 Lynn H. Hough 1919–1920
10 Walter Dill Scott 1920–1939
11 Franklyn Bliss Snyder September 1, 1939 – August 31, 1949 [6][7]
12 J. Roscoe Miller September 1, 1949 – July 19, 1970 [8][9]
13 Robert H. Strotz July 20, 1970 – February 3, 1985 [10][11]
14 Arnold R. Weber February 4, 1985 – December 31, 1994 [12][13][14][15]
15 Henry Bienen January 1, 1995 – August 31, 2009 [16][17][18]
16 Morton O. Schapiro September 1, 2009 – September 11, 2022 [19][20][21]
17 Michael H. Schill September 12, 2022–present [22][23]

In October 2021, Northwestern's Board of Trustees announced that Rebecca Blank was their choice to succeed Morton Schapiro as the 17th president of Northwestern University.[24] Nine months later, Blank announced in July 2022 that she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and will not be able to fulfill her role as the 17th president of Northwestern University.[25] She ultimately succumb to the disease in February 2023.[26]

References

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  1. ^ Pridmore, Jay (2000). Northwestern University: Celebrating 150 Years. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-1829-7. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "The Presidents of Northwestern, University Archives, Northwestern University Library". exhibits.library.northwestern.edu. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  3. ^ https://www.library.northwestern.edu/documents/libraries-collections/university-archives/NU_pres.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Northwestern Presidents – Northwestern Leadership from 1853". sites.northwestern.edu. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "Past Presidents". Northwestern University.
  6. ^ Kngsley, Philip (April 11, 1939). "DR. SNYDER TELLS HIS HOPES FOR NORTHWESTERN". Chicago Tribune. p. 9. Franklyn Bliss Snyder, who will become the eleventh president of Northwestern university next Sept. 1, yesterday told his hopes for the university's future. He returned to his desk as vice president and dean of faculties for the first time since it was announced last week that he had been selected to succeed President Walter Dill Scott.
  7. ^ Wiegman, Carl (June 27, 1949). "RETIRING N.U. HEAD TELLS HIS VIEWS". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. Mr. Snyder (he prefers mister to doctor, although he is a PhD and has numerous honorary doctorates) will leave the campus next Friday for a holiday in Europe. His retirement officially starts Aug. 31, when he will be succeeded by Dr. James Roscoe Miller, now dean of the university medical school.
  8. ^ Evans, John (September 30, 1948). "NEW N.U. HEAD EYES FUTURE WITH HUMILITY". Chicago Tribune. p. 29. Snyder's official retirement date was set by the board for Sept 1, 1949.
  9. ^ "Miller N. U. Board's 1st Chancellor". Chicago Tribune. March 11, 1969. p. 1. The trustees of Northwestern university announced a major change in the administration of the school last night, including moving Dr. J. Roscoe Miller from the office of president to the newly created post of chancellor. The trustees are to begin a search for a new president. Under the reorganization, Miller, 63, is to be chiefly concerned with fund raising and external relations. The new president is to supervise internal university administration... both Wild and Miller will fill both their present positions and their new assignments.
  10. ^ Thompson, David (July 21, 1970). "Strotz Is Named N.U. President". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. The board of trustees of Northwestern University last night elected Dean Robert H. Strotz, 47, as the university's 13th president, effective immediately. The election by the board, which met in Hardin Hall on the Evanston campus, ended a 15-month search for a successor to Dr. J. Roscoe Miller, who was promoted from president to chancellor.
  11. ^ Arndt, Michael (September 20, 1983). "Strotz, president of NU, to retire by Sept. 1, '85". Chicago Tribune. p. 21.
  12. ^ "New Northwestern president named". United Press International. September 25, 1984.
  13. ^ Silverman, Lauren (September 25, 1984). "Ex-Chicagoan to return as NU president". Chicago Tribune. p. 17. Monday, Northwestern University officials announced that Weber, now president of the University of Colorado would replace Robert H. Strotz as university president shortly after Jan. 1.
  14. ^ Gruber, William (December 23, 1994). "NU president gets ready to take swing at civic challenge". Chicago Tribune. p. 33.
  15. ^ Coates, James (February 4, 1985). "New president out to move Northwestern's mountain of woes". Chicago Tribune. p. 15. On Monday, Weber, impeccably tailored and with a voice that sounds like gravel pouring into a cake pan, takes over as president of Northwestern University in Evanston.
  16. ^ Mullen, William (June 15, 1994). "Scholar with talent for fundraising to lead NU". Chicago Tribune. p. 178.
  17. ^ Malone, Tara (March 4, 2008). "NU president says he'll step down in 2009". Chicago Tribune. p. B5.
  18. ^ "Henry S. Bienen". Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy. Northwestern University.
  19. ^ Achenbaum, Emily S. (December 17, 2008). "Schapiro named NU's 16th president". Chicago Tribune. p. A32.
  20. ^ "President Morton Schapiro announces his 2022 departure". Northwestern Now. March 4, 2021.
  21. ^ "Morton Schapiro, President Emeritus". Northwestern University.
  22. ^ "Michael H. Schill named next president of Northwestern". Northwestern Now. August 11, 2022.
  23. ^ "Coffee and donuts with the president". Northwestern Now. September 28, 2022.
  24. ^ "Rebecca M. Blank named next president of Northwestern". Northwestern Now. October 11, 2021.
  25. ^ "Rebecca M. Blank shares cancer diagnosis, choice to step down as president-elect of Northwestern". Northwestern Now. July 11, 2022.
  26. ^ Driessen, Kayla (February 18, 2023). "Northwestern mourns the passing of Rebecca M. Blank". Northwestern Now.
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