List of Indiana University Bloomington people

The following persons have served as president of the Indiana University system:^[1]

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No.	Image	President	Term start	Term end	Refs.
1		Andrew Wylie	October 29, 1829	November 11, 1851[a]
2		Alfred Ryors	1852	1853
3		William Mitchel Daily	1853	1859
4		John Hiram Lathrop	1859	1860
5		Cyrus Nutt	1860	1875
6		Lemuel Moss	1875	1884
7		David Starr Jordan	1884	1891
8		John Merle Coulter	1891	1893
9		Joseph Swain	1893	1902
10		William Lowe Bryan	August 1, 1902	June 30, 1937	[2][3][4]
acting		Herman B Wells	July 1, 1937	June 30, 1938	[5]
11			July 1, 1938	June 30, 1962	[6]
12		Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr.	July 1, 1962	September 1, 1968	[7]
interim		Herman B Wells	September 1, 1968	November 30, 1969	[8]
13		Joseph Sutton	December 1, 1968	January 25, 1971	[9][10]
14		John W. Ryan	January 26, 1971	July 31, 1987	[11]
15		Thomas Ehrlich	August 1, 1987	July 31, 1994	[12][13]
16		Myles Brand	August 1, 1994	December 31, 2002	[14][15]
interim		Gerald L. Bepko	January 1, 2003	August 31, 2003	[16]
17		Adam Herbert	August 1, 2003	June 30, 2007	[17][18]
18		Michael McRobbie	July 1, 2007	June 30, 2021	[19][20]
19		Pamela Whitten	July 1, 2021	present	[21]

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Table notes:

"Chancellor" is not to be confused with "University Chancellor", a title usually given to retired system presidents employed by the Indiana University system to assist in fundraising activities for the university system.

The title and office of campus chancellor was created three separate times, and the position was reabsorbed by the president of the university (system) twice.^[22]

The following persons have served as chancellor of Indiana University Bloomington:^[22]

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Leaders of the IU Bloomington campus

No.	Image	Chancellor	Term start	Term end	Refs.
Position created in 1969
acting		John W. Snyder	January 22, 1969	May 31, 1969	[23][24]
acting		Byrum E. Carter	July 1, 1969	July 28, 1969
1			July 28, 1969	June 30, 1975	[25][26]
Position eliminated in 1975 and restored in 1988
2		Kenneth Gros Louis	May 1988	June 30, 2001	[27]
3		Sharon Brehm	July 1, 2001	December 31, 2003	[28][29]
acting		Kenneth Gros Louis	January 1, 2003	January 31, 2006	[30][31]
Position eliminated in 2006 and restored in 2025
4		David Reingold	June 2, 2025	present	[32]

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• Gene Monahan, New York Yankees trainer, Hendrick Motorsports consultant^[46]
• Jeff Sagarin, statistician and creator of various Sagarin Rating Systems^[47]

• Jan Crull Jr., documentary filmmaker and attorney; Ph.D. student in English Language and Literature in late 1970s; dropped out
• Emily Harris, a founding member of Symbionese Liberation Army
• Jim Jones, Peoples Temple founder, cult leader and mass murderer^[48]
• Maxine Mesinger, gossip columnist^[49]
• Estella Armstrong O'Byrne, DAR president general
• Norris W. Overton, U.S. Air Force brigadier general