List of presidents of the College of William and Mary

This is a list of the presidents of the College of William & Mary, a public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.

#Reverend James Blair (1693-1743)- Graduate of Marischal College in Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh. Anglican clergyman; rector of Henrico, Jamestown and Bruton parishes; commissary of the Bishop of London; member and president of the Governor's Council; founding president of the College of William & Mary. The academic building which houses the philosophy and history departments is named after him, after previously having been named the "Marshall-Wythe" building, which became the name of the law school.
#Reverend William Dawson (1743-1752)- Graduate of Queen's College, Oxford. Anglican clergyman; rector of Jamestown Parish; commissary of the Bishop of London; master of moral philosophy at William & Mary; poet; chaplain of the House of Burgesses; member of the Governor's Council. He lent his name to one of the dorms on campus, "Dawson Hall".
#Reverend William Stith (1752-1755)- Educated in the grammar school at William & Mary; graduate of Queen's College, Oxford. Anglican clergyman, historian, and author; rector of Henrico and York-Hampton parishes; chaplain of the House of Burgesses; master of the grammar school at William & Mary; historian and author. Also lent his name to one of the dorms on campus, "Stith Hall".
#Reverend Thomas Dawson (1755-1760)- Educated at William & Mary. Anglican clergyman; rector of Bruton Parish, commissary of the Bishop of London; member of the Governor's Council; master of the Indian School at the College.
#Reverend William Yates (1761-1764)- Educated at William & Mary. Anglican clergyman, rector of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, and Bruton Parish; member of the Governor's Council. One of the main freshmen dorms, "Yates Hall", is named after him.
#Reverend James Horrocks (1764-1771)- Graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge. Anglican clergyman; rector of Bruton Parish; commissary of the Bishop of London; master of the grammar school at William & Mary.
#Reverend John Camm (1771-1776)- Graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge. Anglican clergyman; rector of Newport and York-Hampton parishes; commissary of the Bishop of London; member of the Governor's Council; professor of divinity at William & Mary. "Camm Hall" is a dorm named after him at the College.
#Bishop James Madison (1776-1812)- Educated at William & Mary; recipient of the Botetourt medal for the encouragement of classical learning. Professor of natural philosophy and mathematics at the College; captain of the College militia in 1777; first bishop of the Episcopal Church in Virginia. Has a dorm named after him at the College, and one of the secret societies is named the Bishop James Madison Society.
#Reverend John Bracken (1812-1814)- Educated at William & Mary. Episcopal clergyman; rector of Bruton Parish; master of the grammar school and professor of humanity at William & Mary; mayor of Williamsburg.
#Dr. John Augustine Smith (1814-1826)- Educated at William & Mary and St. Thomas' Hospital, London. Physician and educator; professor of anatomy, surgery and physiology; president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
#Dr. William Holland Wilmer (1826-1827)- Graduate of Washington College, Kent County, Maryland, and Brown University. Episcopal clergyman and educator; rector of St. Paul's Church in Alexandria and Bruton Parish; professor of moral philosophy.
#Reverend Adam Empie (1827-1836)- Graduate of Union College. Episcopal clergyman; rector of parishes in New York, North Carolina, and Richmond, as well as Bruton Parish.
#Thomas Roderick Dew (1836-1846)- Graduate of William & Mary. Political economist; educator; author; professor of history and political law.
#Robert Saunders, Jr. (1846-1848)- Educated at William & Mary and the University of Virginia. Professor of mathematics at the College; mayor of Williamsburg; president of the board of directors of the Eastern State Hospital.
#Bishop John Johns (1849-1854)- Graduate of Princeton University. Episcopal clergyman; professor of moral philosophy; assistant bishop and bishop of the Diocese of Virginia.
#Benjamin S. Ewell (1854-1888)- Graduate of the United States Military Academy. Soldier, civil engineer, and educator; professor of mathematics and military science; colonel of the college company in the 32nd Virginia Infantry. Brother of Confederate General Richard S. Ewell. The music building at the College is named after him. President while the College was inactive during the American Civil War and afterwards.
#Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1888-1919)- Graduate of the University of Virginia. Educator, lawyer, legislator, historian, genealogist, and author; founder of the "William & Mary Quarterly" and publisher of "Tyler's Quarterly Historical Magazine". The building of the undergraduate school of business is named after him.
#Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler (1919-1934)- Graduate of William & Mary and Johns Hopkins University. Educator, textbook author, and college administrator; professor of English and history; superintendent of Richmond public schools. One of the upperclassmen dorms is named after him and his son.
#John Stewart Bryan (1934-1942)- Graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard University. Lawyer, member of William & Mary Board of Visitors; publisher of "Richmond Times-Dispatch" and "Richmond News Leader"; president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
#Dr. John Edward Pomfret (1942-1951)- Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Historian, author, professor of history, and college dean; director of The Huntington Library and Art Gallery at San Marino, California.
#Alvin Duke Chandler (1951-1960)- Educated at William & Mary and the United States Naval Academy. Military officer and educator.
#Dr. Davis Young Paschall (1960-1971)- Graduate of William & Mary, with advanced degrees from the College and the University of Virginia. Educator, administrator, and author; state superintendent of public instruction.
#Dr. Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. (1971-1985)- Came to William & Mary from Harvard, where he served as associate dean of the School of Business Administration.
#Dr. Paul Robert Verkuil (1985-1992)- Came to the College after serving as the dean of the law school at Tulane University.
#Timothy J. Sullivan (1992-2005)- Educated at William & Mary and received a law degree from Harvard. Served as the dean of the law school at the College before becoming president.
#Gene R. Nichol (2005-2008)- Came to the College after serving as the dean of the law school at the University of North Carolina.
#W. Taylor Reveley, III (2008-present)- Current president of William & Mary. Formerly the Dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, currently John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence in addition to his presidential duties. Began presidency on an interim basis, appointed for a full, three-year term on September 5, 2008.

External links

* [http://www.wm.edu/president/past/index.php Past Presidents of William & Mary]