The following is a list of principals and presidents of Towson University and its predecessor institutions. Image:TUNewell.jpg, McFadden Alexander Newell
First Principal, Maryland State Normal School (MSNS), 1866–1890 File:Elijah Barrett Prettyman (1830 - 1907) .jpg,

E. Barrett Prettyman Elijah Barrett Prettyman (August 23, 1891 – August 4, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His son was American attorney E. Barrett Prettyman Jr. Education and ca ...

(1830–1907)
Principal, MSNS, 1890–1905 File:George Ward, Towson University.jpg, George W. Ward (1867–1932)
Principal, MSNS, 1905–1909 File:Sarah Richmond, Towson University.jpg, Sarah E. Richmond (1843–1921)
Principal, MSNS, 1909–1917 File:blank.jpg,

Lida Lee Tall Lida Lee Tall (1873–1942) was the sixth principal/president of State Teachers College at Towson (now Towson University). Early life and education Tall was born on November 17, 1873 in Fishing Creek, Maryland to Sarah E. and Washington Tall a ...

(1873–1942)
Principal, 1920–1934, President, 1934–1938 File:TUwiedefeld2.jpg, M. Theresa Wiedefeld (1886–1983)
President, 1938–1947 File:TUhawkins.jpg, Earle T. Hawkins (1903–1972)
President, 1947–1969 File:TUfisher.jpg,

James Fisher James Fisher may refer to: Politics *James Fisher (physician) (died 1822), Scottish-born physician and politician in Lower Canada *James Hurtle Fisher (1790–1875), South Australian lawyer, first mayor of Adelaide *James Fisher (Wisconsin politic ...

(1931–)
President, 1969–1978 File:blank.jpg,

Hoke L. Smith Hoke L. Smith (May 7, 1931 – March 27, 2004) was the tenth president of Towson University. Early in Smith's administration, he focused on Towson's status as a "comprehensive university." One of the first changes was the a new governance s ...

(1931–2004)
President 1979–2001 File:blank.jpg, Mark L. Perkins (1948–)
President, July, 2001–April, 2002 File:Robert Caret (cropped).jpg,

Robert L. Caret Robert Laurent Caret (born October 7, 1947) is an American academic and the former chancellor of the University System of Maryland. He became chancellor on July 1, 2015. Caret, a native of New England, became chancellor of the University System ...

(1947–)
President, July, 2003–April, 2011 File:blank.jpg,

Maravene Loeschke Maravene Sheppard Loeschke (January 28, 1947 – June 25, 2015) was an American academic administrator who served as president of Towson University from 2012 to her retirement in 2014. She had previously taught at Towson from 1970 to 2002 before ...

(1947–2015)
President, 2012–2014 File:Kim Schatzel.jpg, Kim Schatzel
President, 2016–2023

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