List of Presidents of Wellesley College

The following list of people have served as president of Wellesley College, a private women's liberal arts college located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The current president is Paula A. Johnson.[1]

List of Presidents of Wellesley College[1]
Presidents of Wellesley College Years Served as President Reference
Ada Howard 1875-1881 [2][3]
Alice Freeman Palmer 1881-1887 [4]
Helen Shafer 1887-1894 [5]
Julia Irvine 1894-1899 [6]
Caroline Hazard 1899-1910 [6]
Ellen Fitz Pendleton 1911-1936 [7]
Mildred McAfee Horton 1936-1949 [1]
Margaret Clapp 1949-1966 [1]
Ruth Adams 1966-1972 [1]
Barbara W. Newell 1972-1980 [1]
Nannerl Overholser Keohane 1981-1993 [8][9]
Diana Chapman Walsh 1993-2007 [10]
H. Kim Bottomly 2007-2016 [11][12]
Paula A. Johnson 2016-current [13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fourteen women have steered Wellesley's course over 140 years". Wellesley College. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Miss Ada L. Howard". New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State ... New Hampshire Publishing Company. 1895. p. 29.
  3. ↑ Jana Nidiffer; Carolyn Terry Bashaw (January 4, 2001). Women Administrators in Higher Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. SUNY Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7914-4818-2.
  4. ↑ "The Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial". The Wessley News. June 16, 1909.
  5. ↑ "FUNFRAL OF MISS HELEN A. SHAFER.; Her Many Friends Attended the Services in Wellesley College Chapel". The New York Times. January 23, 1894. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Wellesley's New President: Miss Caroline Hazard Succeeds Mrs. Julia J. Irvine" (PDF). The New York Times. March 9, 1999. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ellen Fitz Pendleton, 71 Noted Educator, Dead: President Emeritus of Wellesley College Received Many World-Wide Honors". Daily Boston Globe. Boston, Mass. July 27, 1936. p. 1.
  8. ↑ Livezey, Emilie Tavel (1981). "Wellesley's new president; Nannerl Keohane has Made Her Life Count Double". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Pruden III, William H (November 11, 2013). "Nannerl Overholser Keohane (1940–)". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ "President Diana Chapman Walsh to Step Down in June 2007". Wellesley College Office for Public Affairs. April 28, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ Moore, Mary (April 17, 2015). "Wellesley College president stepping down". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ Conton, Ruby (April 28, 2016). "President H. Kim Bottomly's Tenure Celebrated During 2016 Springfest". The Wellesley News. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Wellesley's New President Brings a Background of Firsts". The Chronicle of Higher Education. October 9, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ Werner-Winslow, Alexandra (July 10, 2016). "Michelle Williams and Paula Johnson Are Making Their Mark". Boston Magazine. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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