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List of presidents of the College of William & Mary

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This is a list of the presidents of the College of William & Mary in Virginia, a public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia.[1] The position was created by the charter of the College of William & Mary, which established the college in 1693 and named its first president as James Blair.

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No. Image President Term start Term end Ref.
1 James Blair 1693 April 18, 1743[a] [2][3]
2 William Dawson July 18, 1743 July 1752[a] [2][4]
3 William Stith 1752 September 19, 1755[a] [2][5]
4 Thomas Dawson November 1, 1755 November 29, 1760[a] [2][6]
5 William Yates 1761 October 5, 1764[a] [2][7]
6 James Horrocks 1764 June 21, 1771 [2][8]
7 John Camm June 21, 1771 Spring 1777 [2][9]
8 James Madison[b] October 1777 March 6, 1812[a] [2][10]
9 John Bracken Spring 1812 October 1, 1814 [11][12]
10 John Augustine Smith 1814 June 1826 [11][13]
interim William Holland Wilmer June 1826 October 1826
11 October 1826 early 1827 [11][14]
12 Adam Empie early 1827 summer 1836 [11][15]
13 Thomas Roderick Dew October 1, 1836 August 6, 1846[a] [11][16]
14 Robert Saunders Jr. June 17, 1847 June 30, 1848 [11][17]
15 John Johns July 1, 1849 1854 [11][18]
16 Benjamin Stoddert Ewell 1854 May 11, 1888 [11][19]
17 Lyon Gardiner Tyler [c] August 23, 1888 June 30, 1919 [11][20]
18 J. A. C. Chandler July 1, 1919 May 31, 1934[a] [21][22]
interim Kremer J. Hoke [d] May 31, 1934 June 30, 1934 [23]
19 John Stewart Bryan July 1, 1934 January 1, 1943 [21][24]
20 John Edwin Pomfret January 1, 1943 September 13, 1951[e] [21][25]
interim James W. Miller September 14, 1951 October 8, 1951
21 Alvin Duke Chandler October 9, 1951 May 1960 [21][26]
22 Davis Young Paschall August 16, 1960 August 31, 1971 [21][27]
23 Thomas Ashley Graves Jr. September 1, 1971 January 9, 1985[f] [21][28]
interim George R. Healy January 10, 1985 June 30, 1985 [29]
24 Paul R. Verkuil July 1, 1985 January 7, 1992[g] [21][30][31][32]
interim Melvyn D. Schiavelli [h] January 7, 1992 May 31, 1992 [33]
25 Timothy J. Sullivan June 1, 1992 June 30, 2005 [21][34][35][36]
26 Gene Nichol July 1, 2005 February 12, 2008[i] [37][38][39][40]
interim W. Taylor Reveley III February 12, 2008 September 5, 2008 [41]
27 September 5, 2008 June 30, 2018 [42][43][44][45][46]
28 Katherine Rowe July 1, 2018 present [47][48][49]
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Table notes:

  1. [a]
    Died in office.
  2. [b]
    Cousin of U.S. President James Madison, Jr. (1751-1836)
  3. [c]
    Son of John Tyler, tenth President of the United States (1841-1845)
  4. [d]
    After Chandler's death on May 31, 1934, Hoke became the interim president until June 30, 1934.
  5. [e]
    Resigned
  6. [f]
    Resigned to lead Winterthur Museum and Garden in Wilmington, Delaware.
  7. [g]
    Resigned
  8. [h]
    Provost
  9. [i]
    Forced to resign

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