List of presidents of Johns Hopkins University

Fourteen presidents have led Johns Hopkins University since 1875.

Presidents

The following persons have served as president of Johns Hopkins University:[1]

Presidents of the university
No. Image President Term start Term end Refs.
1 Daniel Coit Gilman May 1875 August 1901
2 Ira Remsen September 1901 January 1913
3 Frank Goodnow October 1914 June 1929
4 Joseph Sweetman Ames July 1929 June 1935
5 Isaiah Bowman July 1935 December 1948
6 Detlev Bronk[a] January 1949 August 1953
7 Lowell Reed September 1953 June 1956
8 Milton S. Eisenhower July 1956 June 1967
9 Lincoln Gordon July 1967 March 1971 [2]
interim Milton S. Eisenhower March 1971 January 1972 [3]
10 Steven Muller February 1972 June 30, 1990 [4][5]
11 William C. Richardson July 1, 1990 May 31, 1995[b] [6][7]
interim Daniel Nathans June 1, 1995 August 31, 1996 [8]
13 William R. Brody September 1, 1996 March 1, 2009[c] [9][10]
14 Ronald J. Daniels March 2, 2009 Present [11]

Table notes:

  1. ^ Resigned to lead The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
  2. ^ Resigned to lead the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
  3. ^ Resigned to lead the Salk Institute.

References

  1. ^ "Office of the President records". Johns Hopkins University.
  2. ^ Frankel, Max (January 20, 1967). "Lincoln Gordon Is Named President of Johns Hopkins". The New York Times. p. 1. Dr. Gordon will be the ninth president of the 90-year-old institution.
  3. ^ "Milton Eisenhower Back At Johns Hopkins Helm". The New York Times. March 26, 1971. p. 44.
  4. ^ "Johns Hopkins University President to Quit in 1990". Los Angeles Times. February 24, 1989.
  5. ^ "Commencement Ceremonies This Week". The JHU Gazette. Vol. 28, no. 36. May 24, 1999. The university's 10th president, Muller served from 1972 to 1990.
  6. ^ Goldstein, Amy (January 18, 1990). "JOHNS HOPKINS NAMES OFFICIAL OF PENN STATE ITS NEW PRESIDENT". The Washington Post. Richardson, 49, provost and executive vice president at Penn State, will become Hopkins's 11th president when he takes office in July.
  7. ^ O'Shea, Dennis (January 3, 1995). "President Richardson to leave Hopkins in 1995". The JHU Gazette. Vol. 24, no. 15.
  8. ^ O'Shea, Dennis (April 24, 1995). "Dan Nathans Ready To Serve As President 'In Every Sense'". The JHU Gazette. Vol. 24, no. 31.
  9. ^ O'Shea, Dennis (April 8, 1996). "William R. Brody Named Hopkins' 13th President". The JHU Gazette. William R. Brody, provost of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center and a former Hopkins professor, was elected Monday as the 13th president of The Johns Hopkins University.
  10. ^ Rienzi, Greg (February 23, 2009). "Curtain Draws on Brody Era". The JHU Gazette. Vol. 38, no. 23.
  11. ^ Rienzi, Greg (March 2, 2009). "Daniels assumes JHU helm". The JHU Gazette. Vol. 38, no. 24. Ronald J. Daniels will assume his new post today, primed and ready to begin his tenure as the university's 14th president