President and Trustees of Colby College

The President and Trustees of Colby College is an 501(c) organization which is the governing body of Colby College, a private liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine, USA. As of 2017, the president is David A. Greene, and the chair of Board is Eric S. Rosengren.[1]

The organization provides general supervision of the administration and property of the College, including appointment of the President.[2]

Structure

The bylaws of the corporation provide that membership shall consist of the current President, and not fewer than twenty-four nor more than thirty-five other Trustees. Not fewer than six nor more than nine of said Trustees shall be elected by the Colby College Alumni Association. The term of office of each Trustee lasts five years. The corporation meets three times annually. Both the faculty and the student body may elect two members each as representatives to attend meetings of the corporation, but not as voting members.[2]

Presidents

Jeremiah Chaplin, Founder and 1st President of Colby College

Order	Name	Position(s)	Term Began	Term Ended	Alumnus/na?	Reference
1	Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin	President	1822	1833	no
2	Rev. Rufus Babcock	President	1833	1836	no
3	Robert Everett Pattison	President	1836	1839	no
4	Eliphaz Fay	President	1841	1843	no
5	David Newton Sheldon	President	1843	1853	no
6	Robert Everett Pattison	President	1854	1857	no
7	James Tift Champlin	President	1857	1873	no
8	Henry Ephraim Robins	President	1873	1882	no
9	George Dana Boardman Pepper	President	1882	1889	no
10	Albion Woodbury Small	President	1889	1892	1876	[3]
11	Beniah Longley Whitman	President	1892	1895	no
12	Nathaniel Butler Jr.	President	1896	1901	1873
13	Charles Lincoln White	President	1901	1908	no
14	Arthur J. Roberts	President	1908	1927	1890	[4]
15	Franklin W. Johnson	President	1929	1942	1891
16	J. Seelye Bixler	President	1942	1960	no
17	Robert E. L. Strider	President	1960	1979	no
18	William R. Cotter	President	1979	2000	no
19	William Drea Adams	President	2000	2014	no	[5]
20	David A. Greene	President	2014	present	no	[6]

Trustees

Chairs of the Board

Name	Graduated	Elected	Left/Retired	Reference
Abner Coburn	n/a	1874	1885	[7]
J. Warren Merrill	n/a	1885	1890	[7]
Josiah Hayden Drummond	n/a	1890	1892	[7]
Percival Bonney	1863	1902	1906	[7]
Leslie C. Cornish	1875	1907	1926	[7]
Herbert Elijah Wadsworth	1892	1926	1934	[7]
George Otis Smith	1893	1934	1944	[7]
George Goodwin Averill	1921	1944	1946	[7]
Neil Leonard	1921	1946	1960	[7]
Reginald Houghton Sturtevant	1921	1960	1965	[7]
Ellerton Marcel Jette	n/a	1965	1971	[7]
Albert Carlton Palmer	1930	1971	1979	[7]
Robert N. Anthony	1938	1979	1983	[7]
H. Ridgely Bullock	1955	1983	1991	[7]
Lawrence Pugh	1956	1991	1999	[7]
James Bartlett Crawford	1964	1999	2005	[7]
Joseph F. Boulos	1968	2005	2009	[7]
Robert E. Diamond, Jr.	1973	2009	2016	[7]
Eric S. Rosengren	1979	2016	present	[7]

Other Notable Trustees

Name	Graduated	Elected	Left/Retired	Reference
Mark Langdon Hill	n/a	1821	1826	[8]
Lucius Bolles	n/a	1821	1842	[8]
Adoniram Judson	n/a	1821	1823	[8]
William King	n/a	1821	1848	[8]
Mark Harris	n/a	1821	1842	[8]
Albion Parris	n/a	1823	1826	[8]
Joseph Torrey	n/a	1829	1834	[8]
Baron Stow	n/a	1830	1852	[8]
Jeremiah Chaplin	n/a	1833	1840	[8]
George Evans	n/a	1837	1847	[8]
Edward Kent	n/a	1838	1847	[8]
Samuel Francis Smith	n/a	1840	1860	[8]
Elijah Hamlin	n/a	1841	1847	[8]
Josiah Pierce	n/a	1843	1858	[8]
Abner Coburn	n/a	1845	1885	[8]
Hiram Belcher	n/a	1847	1856	[8]
Isaac Davis	n/a	1847	1855	[8]
Edgar Harkness Gray	1838	1849	1853	[8]
John Hubbard	n/a	1849	1862	[8]
Ebenezer Knowlton	n/a	1851	1858	[8]
Mark H. Dunnell	1849	1858	1867	[8]
Lot M. Morrill	n/a	1862	1869	[8]
J. Warren Merrill	n/a	1862	1890	[8]
Gardner Colby	n/a	1865	1879	[8]
Henry Sweetser Burrage	n/a	1881	1906	[8]
George Dana Boardman Pepper	n/a	1882	1892	[8]
Richard C. Shannon	1862	1889	1921	[8]
Albion Woodbury Small	n/a	1890	1897	[8]
Beniah Longley Whitman	n/a	1892	1896	[8]
Eugene Foss	n/a	1897	1915	[8]
Eugene Hale	n/a	1897	1899	[8]
George C. Wing Jr.	n/a	1901	1931	[8]
George Otis Smith	1893	1903	1943	[8]
Asher Hinds	1883	1904	1919	[8]
Forrest Goodwin	1887	1908	1913	[8]
Louise Helen Coburn	1876	1919	1930	[8]
Herbert Lord	1884	1920	1925	[8]
Franklin W. Johnson	1891	1920	1955	[8]
Warren C. Philbrook	n/a	1923	1933	[8]
Angier Goodwin	1902	1932	1934	[8]
Bainbridge Colby	LL.D. 1933	1932	1942	[8]
Marston Morse	1914	1933	1947	[8]
Mary Louise Curtis Bok	n/a	1936	1939	[8]
Carl Raymond Gray	n/a	1938	1939	[8]
Guy Gabrielson	n/a	1941	1959	[8]
Sumner Sewall	n/a	1945	1960	[8]
Winthrop H. Smith	n/a	1946	1958	[8]
J. Seelye Bixler	n/a	1957	1985	[8]
Dwight E. Sargent	1939	1958		[8]
Paul Donnelly Paganucci	n/a	1975	2001	[9]
Robert E. L. Strider II	Litt.D. 1979	1979	2010
Levin H. Campbell	n/a	1981	1999	[10]
Robert E. Diamond, Jr.	1973, LL.D. 2008	2007
Robert S. Gelbard	1964, LL.D. 2002	2008
William R. Cotter	LL.D. 2000	2014	Life Trustee

References

"Corporation and Trustees - Colby College Catalogue 2017-2018". Retrieved 14 March 2018.
"Academics" (PDF). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
The Colby College Echo, Friday, September 27, 1889, Page: 6
"Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College Since 1908". Lewiston Evening Journal. Jun 26, 1920.
"Press Release - News - Colby College". News. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
"Called to Action". 19 June 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
"Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College." Appendix C. Earl H. Smith. University Press of New England. 2006.
"The History of Colby College". Ernest Cummings Marriner. Waterville: Colby College Press. 1963.
"Paid Notice: Deaths PAGANUCCI, PAUL DONNELLY". 28 February 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
"Levin H. Campbell". www.nndb.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

External links

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[1] "Corporation and Trustees - Colby College Catalogue 2017-2018". Retrieved 14 March 2018.

[colby.edu-2] "Academics" (PDF). Retrieved 14 March 2018.

[3] The Colby College Echo, Friday, September 27, 1889, Page: 6

[4] "Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, President of Colby College Since 1908". Lewiston Evening Journal. Jun 26, 1920.

[5] "Press Release - News - Colby College". News. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

[6] "Called to Action". 19 June 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

[Mayflower_Hill_2006-7] "Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College." Appendix C. Earl H. Smith. University Press of New England. 2006.

[TheHistory-8] "The History of Colby College". Ernest Cummings Marriner. Waterville: Colby College Press. 1963.

[9] "Paid Notice: Deaths PAGANUCCI, PAUL DONNELLY". 28 February 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2018 – via NYTimes.com.

[10] "Levin H. Campbell". www.nndb.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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