This list of presidents of Ohio University includes all who have served as president of Ohio University .[ 1] The university has known twenty-three leaders serve; and except for Super, Crook, McDavis, Nellis, Sherman, and Stewart Gonzalez, all presidents of the university have buildings named after them, most notably Ping Recreation Center and Baker University Center; the remaining buildings are residence halls and operations buildings.[ 2]
Presidents
Order
Name
Years
Occupation
1
Jacob Lindley [ 3]
1809–1822
Presbyterian minister
2
James Irvine
1822–1824
Presbyterian minister and mathematician
3
Robert G. Wilson
1824–1839
Presbyterian minister
4
William Holmes McGuffey
1839–1843
Philosopher and educator
5
Alfred Ryors
1848–1852
Mathematician
6
Solomon Howard
1852–1872
Methodist minister
7
William Henry Scott
1872–1883
Methodist minister and philosopher
8
Charles William Super
1884–1896 1899–1901
Greek professor
9
Isaac Crook
1896–1898
Methodist minister and educator
10
Alston Ellis
1901–1920*
Public educator
11
Elmer Burritt Bryan
1921–1934*
Public educator
12
Herman Gerlach James
1935–1943
Lawyer
13
Walter S. Gamertsfelder
1943–1945
Philosopher
14
John Calhoun Baker
1945–1961
Business professor
15
Vernon Alden
1962–1969
Business professor
16
Claude R. Sowle
1969–1974
Lawyer
17
Harry B.Crewson
1974–1975
Economist
18
Charles J. Ping
1975–1994
Presbyterian divine and philosopher
19
Robert Glidden
1994–2004
Music professor
20
Roderick J. McDavis
2004–2017
Higher education professor
21
M. Duane Nellis
2017–2021
Geographer
22
Hugh Sherman
2021–2023
Business professor
23
Lori Stewart Gonzalez [ 4]
2023–present
Language pathologist
* Edwin Watts Chubb was acting president for one year in 1920 when President Ellis died and again in 1934 when President Bryan died.[ 5]
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