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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., LL.D., 1993-2003
  19. Joan Hinde Stewart, Ph.D., LL.D., 2003-16
  20. David Wippman, J.D., 2016-

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