List of Presidents of Tufts University
The President of Tufts University is the chief administrator of the university and is appointed by the chair of the Board of Trustees of Tufts College.[1] The President is appointed by the Board who leads and directs the university, approves the University's mission and purpose, institutional policies and alterations in academic programs, guards the University's finances and sets an example of generous financial support. The current incumbent is Anthony Monaco, formerly the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[2]
Presidents of Tufts
President | Tufts Class | Life | Tenure | Notes | ||
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1. | Hosea Ballou II | – | 1796-1861 | 1853-1861 | Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill. | |
2. | Alonzo Ames Miner | - | 1814-1895 | 1862-1875 | Expansion and Civil War | |
3. | Elmer Hewitt Capen | 1860 | 1838-1905 | 1857-1905 | First alum to be president | |
4. | Frederick W. Hamilton | 1860 | 1860-1940 | 1905-1912 | Jackson College founded | |
William Leslie Hooper | 1877 | 1855-1918 | 1912-1914 | (acting president) | ||
5. | Hermon Carey Bumpus | 1905 | 1862-1943 | 1915-1919 | ||
6. | John Albert Cousens | 1898 | 1874-1937 | 1919-1937 | Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded | |
George Stewart Miller | 1906 | 1884-1971 | 1937-1938 | (acting president) | ||
7. | Leonard Carmichael | 1920 | 1898-1973 | 1938-1952 | ||
8. | Nils Yngve Wessell | - | 1914-2007 | 1953-1966 | ||
Leonard Chapin Mead | - | 1913-2002 | 1966-1967 | (acting president) | ||
9. | Burton Crosby Hallowell | - | 1915-2006 | 1967-1976 | ||
10. | Jean Mayer | - | 1920-1993 | 1976-1992 | ||
11. | John A. DiBiaggio | – | 1932- | 1992-2001 | ||
12. | Lawrence S. Bacow[3] | – | 1951- | 2001-2011 | ||
13. | Anthony Monaco[4] | – | 1959- | 2011- | Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts |
References
- ↑ "Office of the Trustees". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Biography - Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "President Emeritus Lawrence S. Bacow". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Biography - Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
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