University of Arkansas
President of the University of Arkansas
Daniel Harvey Hill
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1821; d. September 24 1889.
1877 – 1884
James William Fulbright
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1905; d. February 9 1995.
1939 – 1941
Baylor University
President of Baylor University
George Washington Baines
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. December 28 1882.
1861 – 1862
Kenneth Winston “Ken” Starr
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1946; d. September 13 2022.
2010 – 2016
University of Chicago
President of the University of Chicago
Edward Hirsch Levi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1911; d. March 7 2000.
1968 – 1975
Columbia University
President of King’s College
Benjamin Moore (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1748; d. February 27 1816.
1775 – 1784
President of Columbia University
George Clinton (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1739; d. April 20 1812.
1784 – 1787
William Samuel Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1727; d. November 14 1819.
1787 – 1800
Benjamin Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1748; d. February 27 1816.
1801 – 1810
Nicholas Murray Butler
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1862; d. December 7 1947.
1902 – 1945
Frank Diehl Fackenthal (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1883; d. September 5 1968.
1945 – 1948
General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1890; d. March 28 1969
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1943. Promoted to General of the Army, 1944.
1948 – 1953
Grayson Louis Kirk
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1903; d. November 21 1997.
1953 – 1968
Dean of Columbia Law School
Harlan Fiske Stone
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1872; d. April 22 1946.
1910 – 1923
Cornell University
President of Cornell University
Jacob Gould Schurman
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1854; d. August 12 1942.
1892 – 1920
Dartmouth College
President of Dartmouth College
Jim Yong Kim
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1959.
2009 – 2012
University of Georgia
President of the University of Georgia
Abraham Baldwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1754; d. March 4 1807.
1785 – 1801
Josiah Meigs
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1757; d. September 4 1822.
1801 – 1810
Robert Finley
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1772; d. November 3 1817.
1817
Moses Waddel
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1770; d. July 21 1840.
1819 – 1829
Michael Fred Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1948; d. January 25 2026.
1997 – 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology
President of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Blake Ragsdale Van Leer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1893; d. January 23 1956.
1944 – 1956
Harvard University
President of Harvard University
Edward Everett
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1794; d. January 15 1865.
1846 – 1848
Dean of Harvard Law School
Elena Kagan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1960.
2003 – 2009
University of Illinois
President of the University of Illinois System
John Milton Gregory
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1822; d. October 19 1898.
1867 – 1880
Johns Hopkins University
President of John Hopkins University
Milton Stover Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1899; d. May 2 1985.
1956 – 1967
Milton Stover Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1899; d. May 2 1985.
1971 – 1972
Kansas State University
President of Kansas State University
John Alexander Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1834; d. May 18 1892.
1873 – 1879
Milton Stover Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1899; d. May 2 1985.
1943 – 1950
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jerome Bert Wiesner
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1915; d. October 21 1994.
1971 – 1980
University of Michigan
President of the University of Michigan
James Burrill Angell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1829; d. April 1 1916.
1871 – 1909
Michigan State University
President of Michigan State University
John Mathias Engler (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1948.
2018 – 2019
University of Minnesota
President of the University of Minnesota
Malcolm Charles Moos
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1916; d. January 28 1982.
1967 – 1974
University of the State of New York
Chancellor of the University of the State of New York
Morgan Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1754; d. April 7 1844.
1806 – 1807
Daniel D. Tompkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1774; d. June 11 1825.
1808 – 1817
John Tayler
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1742; d. March 19 1829.
1817 – 1829
Stephen Van Rensselaer III
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1764; d. January 26 1839.
1835 – 1839
University of North Carolina
President of the University of North Carolina System
Erskine Boyce Bowles
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1945.
2005 – 2010
University of Notre Dame
President of the University of Notre Dame
Theodore Martin Hesburgh
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1917; d. February 26 2015.
1952 – 1987
University of Oklahoma
President of the University of Oklahoma
David Lyle Boren
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1941; d. February 20 2025.
1994 – 2018
University of Pennsylvania
President of the University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1706; d. April 17 1790.
1749 – 1754
Pennsylvania State University
President of Pennsylvania State University
Milton Stover Eisenhower
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1899; d. May 2 1985.
1950 – 1956
Princeton University
President of the College of New Jersey
Aaron Burr, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1716; d. September 24 1757.
1748 – 1757
Jonathan Edwards
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1703; d. March 22 1758.
1758
John Witherspoon
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1723; d. November 15 1794.
1768 – 1794
Samuel Stanhope Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1751; d. August 21 1819.
1795 – 1812
Francis Landey Patton
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1843; d. November 25 1932.
1888 – 1896
President of Princeton University
Francis Landey Patton
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1843; d. November 25 1932.
1896 – 1902
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1856; d. February 3 1924
1902 – 1910
John Aikman Stewart (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1822; d. December 18 1926.
1910 – 1912
John Grier Hibben
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1861; d. May 16 1933.
1912 – 1932
Purdue University
President of the Purdue University System
Mitchell Elias “Mitch” Daniels, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1949.
2013 – 2022
Rutgers University
President of Rutgers University
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1787; d. April 12 1862.
1850 – 1862
University of South Carolina
President of the University of South Carolina
William Campbell Preston
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1794; d. May 22 1860.
1845 – 1851
Stanford University
President of Stanford University
John Casper Branner
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1850; d. March 1 1922.
1913 – 1915
University of Tennessee System
President of the University of Tennessee System
Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1940.
1988 – 1991
Texas A&M University System
Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
Robert Michael Gates
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1943.
2002 – 2006
John Spencer Sharp
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1950.
2011 – present
Texas Tech University
President of Texas Tech University
Lauro Fred Cavazos, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1927; d. March 15 2022.
1980 – 1988
College of William & Mary
Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
Richard Terrick, Bishop of London
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1710; d. March 31 1777.
1764 – 1776
George Washington
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1732; d. December 14 1799.
1788 – 1799
John Tyler
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1790; d. January 18 1862.
1859 – 1862
Hugh Blair Grigsby
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1806; d. April 28 1881.
1871 – 1881
Warren Earl Burger
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1907; d. June 25 1995.
1986 – 1993
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1925; d. April 8 2013.
1993 – 2000
Henry Alfred Kissinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1923; d. November 29 2023.
2000 – 2005
Sandra Day O’Connor
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1930; d. December 1 2023.
2005 – 2012
Robert Michael Gates
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1943.
2012 – present
President of the College of William & Mary
James Madison
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1749; d. March 6 1812.
1776 – 1812
Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1853; d. February 12 1935.
1888 – 1919
University of Wisconsin
President of the University of Wisconsin System
Tommy George Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1941.
2020 – 2022
Yale University
President of Yale College
Ezra Stiles
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1727; d. May 12 1795.
1778 – 1795
Timothy Dwight
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1752; d. January 11 1817.
1795 – 1817
President of Yale University
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1919; d. November 8 1988.
1963 – 1977
Peter Salovey
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1958.
2013 – 2024