List of presidents of Northwestern University

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Northwestern University has had 22 different presidents throughout 25 presidential terms (including 8 interim/acting presidential terms) since it was founded in 1851.[1][2][3][4][5]

List of presidents

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No. Image President Term start Term end Refs.
1 Clark T. Hinman 1853 1854
interim Henry Sanborn Noyes 1854 1856
2 Randolph Sinks Foster 1856 1860
interim Henry Sanborn Noyes 1860 1867
interim David H. Wheeler 1867 1869
3 Erastus Otis Haven 1869 1872
4 Charles Henry Fowler 1872 1876
acting Oliver Marcy[a] 1876 1881
5 Joseph Cummings 1881 May 7, 1890[b]
acting Oliver Marcy 1890 1890
6 Henry Wade Rogers 1890 1900
interim Daniel Bonbright 1900 1902
7 Edmund J. James 1902 1904
interim Thomas F. Holgate 1904 1906
8 Abram W. Harris 1906 1916
interim Thomas F. Holgate 1916 1919
9 Lynn H. Hough September 1, 1919 October 1920 [6][7]
10 Walter Dill Scott October 1920 August 31, 1939 [8][9]
11 Franklyn Bliss Snyder September 1, 1939 August 31, 1949 [10][11]
12 J. Roscoe Miller September 1, 1949 July 19, 1970 [12][13]
13 Robert H. Strotz July 20, 1970 February 3, 1985 [14][15]
14 Arnold Weber February 4, 1985 December 31, 1994 [16][17][18][19]
15 Henry Bienen January 1, 1995 August 31, 2009 [20][21][22]
16 Morton Schapiro September 1, 2009 September 11, 2022 [23][24][25]
17 Michael Schill September 12, 2022 September 15, 2025 [26][27][28][29]
interim Henry Bienen September 16, 2025 June 30, 2026 [29]
18 Mung Chiang July 1, 2026 Present [30]
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Table notes:

  1. [a]
    Dean of the College of Technology
  2. [b]
    Died in office.

In October 2021, Northwestern's Board of Trustees announced that Rebecca Blank was their choice to succeed Morton Schapiro as the 17th president of Northwestern University.[31] Nine months later, Blank announced in July 2022 that she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and will not be able to fulfill her role as the 17th president of Northwestern University.[32] She ultimately succumb to the disease in February 2023.[33]

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