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The President and Trustees of Colby College is an 501(c) organization which is the governing body of Colby College, a private liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine, United States. As of 2017, the president is David A. Greene, and the chair of Board is Eric S. Rosengren.

The organization provides general supervision of the administration and property of the College, including appointment of the President.

Structure

The bylaws of the corporation provide that membership shall consist of the current President, and not fewer than twenty-four nor more than thirty-five other Trustees. Not fewer than six nor more than nine of said Trustees shall be elected by the Colby College Alumni Association. The term of office of each Trustee lasts five years. The corporation meets three times annually. Both the faculty and the student body may elect two members each as representatives to attend meetings of the corporation, but not as voting members.

Presidents

Jeremiah Chaplin, Founder and 1st President of Colby College
Order Name Position(s) Term Began Term Ended Alumnus/na? Reference
1 Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin President 1822 1833 no
2 Rev. Rufus Babcock President 1833 1836 no
3 Robert Everett Pattison President 1836 1839 no
4 Eliphaz Fay President 1841 1843 no
5 David Newton Sheldon President 1843 1853 no
6 Robert Everett Pattison President 1854 1857 no
7 James Tift Champlin President 1857 1873 no
8 Henry Ephraim Robins President 1873 1882 no
9 George Dana Boardman Pepper President 1882 1889 no
10 Albion Woodbury Small President 1889 1892 1876
11 Beniah Longley Whitman President 1892 1895 no
12 Nathaniel Butler Jr. President 1896 1901 1873
13 Charles Lincoln White President 1901 1908 no
14 Arthur J. Roberts President 1908 1927 1890
15 Franklin W. Johnson President 1929 1942 1891
16 J. Seelye Bixler President 1942 1960 no
17 Robert E. L. Strider President 1960 1979 no
18 William R. Cotter President 1979 2000 no
19 William Drea Adams President 2000 2014 no
20 David A. Greene President 2014 present no

Trustees

Chairs of the Board

Order Name Graduated Elected Left/Retired Reference
1 Abner Coburn n/a 1874 1885
2 J. Warren Merrill n/a 1885 1890
3 Josiah Hayden Drummond n/a 1890 1892
4 Percival Bonney 1863 1902 1906
5 Leslie C. Cornish 1875 1907 1926
6 Herbert Elijah Wadsworth 1892 1926 1934
7 George Otis Smith 1893 1934 1944
8 George Goodwin Averill 1921 1944 1946
9 Neil Leonard 1921 1946 1960
10 Reginald Houghton Sturtevant 1921 1960 1965
11 Ellerton Marcel Jette n/a 1965 1971
12 Albert Carlton Palmer 1930 1971 1979
13 Robert N. Anthony 1938 1979 1983
14 H. Ridgely Bullock 1955 1983 1991
15 Lawrence Pugh 1956 1991 1999
16 James Bartlett Crawford 1964 1999 2005
17 Joseph F. Boulos 1968 2005 2009
18 Robert E. Diamond, Jr. 1973 2009 2016
19 Eric S. Rosengren 1979 2016 2022
20 Jane M. Powers 1986 2022 present

Other Notable Trustees

Name Graduated Elected Left/Retired Reference
Mark Langdon Hill n/a 1821 1826
Lucius Bolles n/a 1821 1842
Adoniram Judson n/a 1821 1823
William King n/a 1821 1848
Mark Harris n/a 1821 1842
Albion Parris n/a 1823 1826
Joseph Torrey n/a 1829 1834
Baron Stow n/a 1830 1852
Jeremiah Chaplin n/a 1833 1840
George Evans n/a 1837 1847
Edward Kent n/a 1838 1847
Samuel Francis Smith n/a 1840 1860
Elijah Hamlin n/a 1841 1847
Josiah Pierce n/a 1843 1858
Abner Coburn n/a 1845 1885
Hiram Belcher n/a 1847 1856
Isaac Davis n/a 1847 1855
Edgar Harkness Gray 1838 1849 1853
John Hubbard n/a 1849 1862
Ebenezer Knowlton n/a 1851 1858
Mark H. Dunnell 1849 1858 1867
Lot M. Morrill n/a 1862 1869
J. Warren Merrill n/a 1862 1890
Gardner Colby n/a 1865 1879
Henry Sweetser Burrage n/a 1881 1906
George Dana Boardman Pepper n/a 1882 1892
Richard C. Shannon 1862 1889 1921
Albion Woodbury Small n/a 1890 1897
Beniah Longley Whitman n/a 1892 1896
Eugene Foss n/a 1897 1915
Eugene Hale n/a 1897 1899
George C. Wing Jr. n/a 1901 1931
George Otis Smith 1893 1903 1943
Asher Hinds 1883 1904 1919
Forrest Goodwin 1887 1908 1913
Louise Helen Coburn 1876 1919 1930
Herbert Lord 1884 1920 1925
Franklin W. Johnson 1891 1920 1955
Warren C. Philbrook n/a 1923 1933
Angier Goodwin 1902 1932 1934
Bainbridge Colby LL.D. 1933 1932 1942
Marston Morse 1914 1933 1947
Mary Louise Curtis Bok n/a 1936 1939
Carl Raymond Gray n/a 1938 1939
Guy Gabrielson n/a 1941 1959
Sumner Sewall n/a 1945 1960
Winthrop H. Smith n/a 1946 1958
J. Seelye Bixler n/a 1957 1985
Dwight E. Sargent 1939 1958
Paul Donnelly Paganucci n/a 1975 2001
Robert E. L. Strider II Litt.D. 1979 1979 2010
Levin H. Campbell n/a 1981 1999
Robert E. Diamond, Jr. 1973, LL.D. 2008 2007
Robert S. Gelbard 1964, LL.D. 2002 2008
William R. Cotter LL.D. 2000 2014 Life Trustee

References

  1. "Corporation and Trustees - Colby College Catalogue 2017-2018". Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Academics" (PDF). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. The Colby College Echo, Friday, September 27, 1889, Page: 6
  4. "Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College Since 1908". Lewiston Evening Journal. Jun 26, 1920.
  5. "Press Release - News - Colby College". News. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  6. "Called to Action". 19 June 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College." Appendix C. Earl H. Smith. University Press of New England. 2006.
  8. https://news.colby.edu/story/jane-powers-to-lead-board-of-trustees/
  9. ^ "The History of Colby College". Ernest Cummings Marriner. Waterville: Colby College Press. 1963.
  10. "Paid Notice: Deaths PAGANUCCI, PAUL DONNELLY". The New York Times. 28 February 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. "Levin H. Campbell". www.nndb.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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