List of Presidents of Georgetown University

John J. DeGioia, current President of Georgetown University

The President of Georgetown University is the chief executive officer of the university. He is a member ex officio of both the Board of Directors and the corporation who, together with the board, forms the President and Directors of Georgetown College.[1] The President is elected by the Board of Directors to manage the day-to-day operations of Georgetown University.

With the concurrence of the board, he is empowered to appoint the Provost, Secretary, Treasurer, and other university officials, including the deans of the subsidiary schools.[1] He is also responsible for maintaining an adequate fundraising campaign in order to support the university's finances. In addition to his administrative duties, the President often retains his role as an academic professor and teaches courses to students.

Founder John Carroll was never president, though clearly held great influence in the school's early years. Georgetown has had forty-one presidents, though seven served two terms. John J. DeGioia is the first ever lay president of the school and the fourth non-Jesuit.[2]

List of presidents

Number Name Start End
1. Robert Plunkett 1791 1793
2. Robert Molyneux 1793 1796
3. Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg 1796 1798
4. Leonard Neale 1798 1806
5. Robert Molyneux 1806 1808
6. Francis Neale 1809 1809
7. William Matthews* 1809 1809
8. Francis Neale 1809 1812
9. Giovanni A. Grassi 1812 1817
10. Benedict Joseph Fenwick* 1817 1817
11. Anthony Kohlmann 1817 1820
12. Enoch Fenwick 1820 1822
13. Benedict Joseph Fenwick* 1822 1825
14. Stephen L. Dubuisson* 1825 1826
15. William Feiner 1826 1829
16. John W. Beschter 1829 1829
17. Thomas F. Mulledy* 1829 1837
18. William McSherry* 1838 1840
19. Joeseph A. Lopez 1840 1840
20. James A. Ryder* 1840 1845
21. Samuel Mulledy* 1845 1845
22. Thomas F. Mulledy* 1845 1848
23. James A. Ryder* 1848 1851
24. Charles H. Stonestreet* 1851 1852
25. Bernard A. Maguire* 1853 1858
26. John Early* 1858 1866
27. Bernard A. Maguire* 1866 1870
28. John Early* 1870 1873
29. Patrick F. Healy 1874 1882
30. James A. Doonan* 1882 1888
31. J. Havens Richards 1888 1898
32. John D. Whitney 1898 1901
33. Jerome Daugherty 1901 1905
34. David H. Buel 1905 1908
35. Joseph J. Himmel 1908 1912
36. Alphonsus J. Donlon* 1912 1918
37. John B. Creeden 1918 1924
38. Charles W. Lyons 1924 1928
39. W. Coleman Nevils 1928 1935
40. Arthur A. O'Leary 1935 1942
41. Lawrence C. Gorman 1942 1949
42. J. Hunter Guthrie 1949 1952
43. Edward B. Bunn 1952 1964
44. Gerard J. Campbell 1964 1969
45. Robert J. Henle 1969 1976
46. Timothy Healy 1976 1989
47. Leo J. O'Donovan* 1989 2001
48. John J. DeGioia* 2001

* denotes Georgetown alumni[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bylaws of the President and Georgetown College". May 11, 2000. Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2005.
  2. ↑ "Biography". Georgetown University. February 2005. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Georgetown University Presidents". The Hoya. February 16, 2001. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2007.
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