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Princeton University is led by a President selected by the Board of Trustees. Until the accession of Woodrow Wilson, a political scientist, in 1902, they were all clergymen, as well as professors. President Shirley M. Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists.


Presidents [edit]

Acting Presidents are in italics
  1. Reverend Jonathan Dickinson 1747[1]
    Aaron Burr, Sr. 1747-1748
  2. Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. 1748-1757
  3. Reverend Jonathan Edwards 1758
    Jacob Green 1758-1759
  4. Reverend Samuel Davies 1759-1761
  5. Reverend Samuel Finley 1761-1766
    John Blair 1767-1768
  6. Reverend John Witherspoon 1768-1794
  7. Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith 1795-1812
  8. Reverend Ashbel Green 1812-1822
    Philip Lindsly 1822-1823
  9. Reverend James Carnahan 1823-1854
  10. Reverend John Maclean, Jr. 1854-1868
  11. Reverend James McCosh 1868-1888
  12. Reverend Francis L. Patton 1888-1902
  13. Woodrow Wilson 1902-1910
    John Aikman Stewart 1910-1912
  14. John Grier Hibben 1912-1932
    Edward Dickinson Duffield 1932-1933
  15. Harold W. Dodds 1933-1957
  16. Robert F. Goheen 1957-1972
  17. William G. Bowen 1972-1988
  18. Harold T. Shapiro 1988-2001
  19. Shirley M. Tilghman 2001-2013
  20. Christopher L. Eisgruber Will take office July 1, 2013

References [edit]


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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:28:32 -0700

Christopher L. Eisgruber, Princeton's provost for the past nine years, has been named the University's 20th president, effective July 1. The announcement was made Sunday afternoon at Nassau Hall. "Chris Eisgruber has all of the qualities we were ...

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Fri, 10 May 2013 07:30:01 -0700

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Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:27 -0700

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Tue, 21 May 2013 05:59:39 -0700

Harold Shapiro, who is also a former president of Princeton University and the University of Michigan, has been chairman since 2008 and on the board since 2001. Connie Curran, who is already holding a board seat, will takeover as chairman on Nov. 6.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 13:25:04 -0700

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:31:08 -0700

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