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selected by the Board of Trustees. The university was founded in 1749 as Augusta Academy. It later became Liberty Hall Academy (1782), Washington Academy (1798), Washington College (1813), and finally Washington and Lee University (1871). The office of president was not created until 1782.

Presidents

# Robert Alexander, Augusta Academy 1749–1762 # John Brown, Augusta Academy 1762–1776 # William Graham, Liberty Hall Academy 1782–1796 # Samuel Legrande Campbell, Liberty Hall Academy 1797–1798, Washington Academy 1798–1799 # Rev. George A. Baxter, Washington Academy 1799–1813, Washington College 1813–1829 # Rev.

Henry Ruffner Henry Ruffner (January 16, 1790 – December 17, 1861), was an educator and Presbyterian minister, who served as president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). Although a slaveholder (and whose family had long owned slaves), ...

(acting), Washington College 1829–1830, 1834 #

Louis Marshall Louis Marshall (December 14, 1856 – September 11, 1929) was an American corporate, constitutional and civil rights lawyer as well as a mediator and Jewish community leader who worked to secure religious, political, and cultural freedom for a ...

, Washington College 1830–1834 # Henry Vethake, Washington College 1834–1836 # Rev.

, Washington College 1836–1848 # Rev. George Junkin, Washington College 1848–1861 (vacant), Washington College 1861–1865 # Robert E. Lee, Washington College 1865–1870 #

George Washington Custis Lee George Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. His grandfather George Washington Custis was the step-grandson and adopted son of G ...

, 1871–1897 # William Lyne Wilson, 1897–1900 #

Henry St. George Tucker III Henry St. George Tucker III (April 5, 1853 – July 23, 1932) was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, professor of law, and president of the American Bar Association. Early and fami ...

(acting), 1900–1901 # George H. Denny, 1901–1911 # Henry D. Campbell (acting) and John L. Campbell (acting), 1911–1912 # Henry L. Smith 1912–1929 # Robert H. Tucker (acting), 1930 # Francis Pendleton Gaines 1930–1959 # Fred C. Cole, 1959–1967 # William Webb Pusey III (acting), 1967–1968 # Robert E. R. Huntley, 1968–1983 # John Delane Wilson 1983–1995 # John William Elrod 1995–2001 # H. Laurent Boetsch Jr. (acting) 2001–2002 # Thomas Gerard Burish, 2002–2005 # Harlan Ray Beckley (acting), 2005–2006 # Kenneth Patrick Ruscio, 2006–2016 # William C. Dudley, 2017–present

References

History of Washington and Lee's Presidents
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