Presidents

Union College Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...

has had nineteen presidents since its founding in 1795. Somers (2003), p. 510 #

John Blair Smith John Blair Smith (June 12, 1756 – August 22, 1799) was born in Pequea, Pennsylvania Colony, the son of the Rev. Robert Smith, who ran a celebrated academy there. Like his older brother, John Blair Smith was valedictorian of the Class of 1773 a ...

(1795–1799) #

Jonathan Edwards, Jr. Jonathan Edwards (May 26, 1745 – August 1, 1801) was an American theologian and linguist. Life and career Born in Northampton, Massachusetts Bay, he was the ninth child and second son of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah (Pierpont) Edwards. In 17 ...

(1799–1801) #

Jonathan Maxcy Jonathan Maxcy (September 2, 1768 – June 4, 1820) was an American Baptist minister and college president. He was the second president of Brown University (then known as the ''College in the English Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantati ...

(1802–1804) #

Eliphalet Nott Eliphalet Nott (June 25, 1773January 25, 1866), was a famed Presbyterian minister, inventor, educational pioneer, and long-term president of Union College, Schenectady, New York. Early life Nott was born at Ashford, Connecticut, on June 25, 1773 ...

(1804–1866) #

Laurens Perseus Hickok Laurens Perseus Hickok (December 20, 1798 – May 7, 1888), American philosopher and divine, was born at Bethel, Connecticut. Biography He took his degree at Union College in 1820. Until 1836 he was occupied in active pastoral work, and was the ...

(1866–1868) #

Charles Augustus Aiken Charles Augustus Aiken (October 30, 1827 – January 14, 1892) was an American clergyman and academic. Biography He was born in Manchester, Vermont, on October 30, 1827, to John Aiken and Harriet Adams Aiken. He graduated from Dartmouth College i ...

(1869–1871) #Eliphalet Nott Potter (1871–1884) resident ''ad interim:'' Judson S. Landon (judge and trustee) (1884-1888)#Harrison Edwin Webster (1888–1894)Raymond (1907), p. 1:374 # Andrew Van Vranken Raymond (1894–1907)Raymond (1907), p. 1:387Somers (2003), p. 599 #Charles Alexander Richmond (1909–1928)Somers (2003), p. 609 #

Frank Parker Day Frank Parker Day (9 May 1881 – 30 July 1950) was a Canadian athlete, academic and author. Since Day's father was a Methodist minister who moved to a new congregation every three years, Day spent his youth living throughout Nova Scotia, living ...

(1929–1933)Somers (2003), p. 221 #

Dixon Ryan Fox Dixon Ryan Fox (December 7, 1887 – January 30, 1945) was an American educator, researcher, and president of Union College, New York from 1934 until his death in 1945. Fox graduated from Columbia College in 1911. He took his Ph.D in histor ...

(1934–1945) #Carter Davidson (1946–1965)Somers (2003), p. 215 #Harold Clark Martin (1965–1974)Somers (2003), p. 472 #Thomas Neville Bonner (1974–1978)Somers (2003), p. 115 #John Selwyn Morris (1979–1990)Somers (2003), p. 493 #

Roger Harold Hull Roger Harold Hull (born June 18, 1942) is the founder, chairman, and president of the Help Yourself Win Foundation. The foundation is the result of the consolidation of the Help Yourself and Schenectady-Win foundations. Prior to creating the Help ...

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References

{{reflist Presidents of Union College (New York)