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Hamilton College Presidents


1. Azel Backus, D.D., 1812-16

2. Henry Davis, D.D., 1817-33

3. Sereno Edwards Dwight, D.D., 1833-35

4. Joseph Penney, D.D., 1835-39

5. Simeon North, D.D., LL.D., 1839-57

6. Samuel Ware Fisher, D.D., LL.D., 1858-66

7. Samuel Gilman Brown, D.D., LL.D., 1866-81

8. Henry Darling, D.D., LL.D., 1881-91

9. Melancthon Woolsey Stryker, D.D., Litt.D., LL.D., 1892-1917

10. Frederick Carlos Ferry, Ph.D., Sc.D., LL.D., J.U.D., 1917-38

11. William Harold Cowley, Ph.D., LL.D., L.H.D., Litt.D., 1938-44

12. David Worcester, Ph.D., LL.D., 1945-47

13. Thomas Brown Rudd, LL.D., 1947-49

14. Robert Ward McEwen, Ph.D., LL.D., L.H.D., Litt.D., 1949-66

Richard Watrous Couper, LL.D., L.H.D., 1966-68 (acting)

15. John Wesley Chandler, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., 1968-73

Samuel Fisher Babbitt, Ph.D., LL.D., 1968-78 (Kirkland College)

16. J. Martin Carovano, Ph.D., LL.D., 1974-88

17. Harry C. Payne, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., 1988-93

18. Eugene M. Tobin, Ph.D., 1993-2003

19. Joan Hinde Stewart, Ph.D., 2003 -