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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.

List of presidents

• Clark T. Hinman, DD (1853–1854)
• Henry S. Noyes, MA (1854–1856) (interim president)
• Randolph S. Foster, DD, LLD (1856–1860)
• Henry S. Noyes, MA (1860–1867) (interim president)
• David H. Wheeler, DD (1867–1869) (interim president)
• Erastus O. Haven, DD, LLD (1869–1872)
• Charles H. Fowler, DD, LLD (1872–1876)
• Oliver Marcy, LLD (1876–1881) (acting president)
• Joseph Cummings, DD, LLD (1881–1890)
• Oliver Marcy, LLD (1890–1890) (acting president)
• Henry Wade Rogers, LLD (1890–1900)
• Daniel Bonbright, MA, LLD (1900–1902) (interim president)
• Edmund J. James, PhD, LLD (1902–1904)
• Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1904–1906) (interim president)
• Abram W. Harris, ScD, LLD (1906–1916)
• Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1916–1919) (interim president)
• Lynn H. Hough, DD (1919–1920)
• Walter Dill Scott, PhD, LLD (1920–1939)
• Franklyn Bliss Snyder, PhD, LLD (1939–1949)
• J. Roscoe Miller, MD, LLD, ScD (1949–1970)
• Robert H. Strotz, PhD, LLD (1970–1984)
• Arnold R. Weber, PhD (1984–1994)
• Henry S. Bienen, PhD (1995–2009)
• Morton O. Schapiro, PhD (2009–2022)
• Michael H. Schill, J.D. (2022–present)

References

1. Pridmore, Jay (2000). Northwestern University: Celebrating 150 Years. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-1829-7. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
2. "The Presidents of Northwestern, University Archives, Northwestern University Library". exhibits.library.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
3. https://www.library.northwestern.edu/documents/libraries-collections/university-archives/NU_pres.pdf
4. "Northwestern Presidents – Northwestern Leadership from 1853". sites.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-16.

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