Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

has had 22 different presidents throughout 25 presidential terms (including 8 interim/acting presidential terms) since it was founded in 1851.https://www.library.northwestern.edu/documents/libraries-collections/university-archives/NU_pres.pdf

List of presidents

# Clark T. Hinman, DD (1853–1854) # Henry S. Noyes, MA (1854–1856) (interim/acting president) # Randolph S. Foster, DD, LLD (1856–1860) # Henry S. Noyes, MA (1860–1867) (interim/acting president) # David H. Wheeler, DD (1867–1869) (interim/acting president) # Erastus O. Haven, DD, LLD (1869–1872) # Charles H. Fowler, DD, LLD (1872–1876) # Oliver Marcy, LLD (1876–1881) (interim/acting president) #

Joseph Cummings Joseph Cummings (March 3, 1817 – May 7, 1890) was an American academic who served as the 5th president of Wesleyan University from 1857 to 1875, the 5th president of Northwestern University from 1881 to 1890, and the president of Genesee Colleg ...

, DD, LLD (1881–1890) # Oliver Marcy, LLD (1890–1890) (interim/acting president) #

Henry Wade Rogers Henry Wade Rogers (October 15, 1853 – August 16, 1926) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Education and career Born on October 10, 1853, in Holland Patent, New York, Rogers receiv ...

, LLD (1890–1900) #

Daniel Bonbright Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...

, MA, LLD (1900–1902) (interim/acting president) # Edmund J. James, PhD, LLD (1902–1904) # Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1904–1906) (interim/acting president) # Abram W. Harris, ScD, LLD (1906–1916) # Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1916–1919) (interim/acting president) # Lynn H. Hough, DD (1919–1920) #

Walter Dill Scott Walter Dill Scott (May 1, 1869 – September 24, 1955) was one of the first applied psychologists. He applied psychology to various business practices such as personnel selection and advertising. Early life Scott was born in Cooksville, Illino ...

, PhD, LLD (1920–1939) #

Franklyn Bliss Snyder Franklyn Bliss Snyder (July 26, 1884 – May 11, 1958) was the 18th President of Northwestern University (1939–1949) and an American scholar of Scottish literature. Personal life Snyder was the son of a Congregational minister, Peter Miles Snyd ...

, PhD, LLD (1939–1949) #

J. Roscoe Miller James Roscoe Miller (October 26, 1905 – October 16, 1977) was the twelfth president of Northwestern University, serving between 1949 and 1970. During his tenure, Northwestern substantially increased the size of its Evanston campus, constructing ...

, MD, LLD, ScD (1949–1970) #

Robert H. Strotz Robert Henry Strotz (September 26, 1922 – November 9, 1994) was an American economist who served as the 13th President of Northwestern University from 1970 to 1984. During his tenure, Northwestern grew in terms of faculty and student, "made capi ...

, PhD, LLD (1970–1984) # Arnold R. Weber, PhD (1984–1994) # Henry S. Bienen, PhD (1995–2009) #

Morton O. Schapiro Morton Owen Schapiro (born July 13, 1953) is an American economist and the former president of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Before assuming the Northwestern presidency in 2009, he served as president of Williams College for nine ...

, PhD (2009–2022) #

Michael H. Schill Michael H. Schill (born September 30, 1958) is an American legal scholar and academic administrator serving as the 17th President of Northwestern University since September 2022. He previously served as the 18th president of the University of Oreg ...

, J.D. (2022–present)

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