List of presidents of the University of Virginia
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The following is a list of presidents of the University of Virginia.
Presidents
[edit]Image | President | Years |
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No President[1] | 1825–1904 | |
![]() | Edwin Anderson Alderman | 1904–1931 |
John Lloyd Newcomb | 1931–1947 | |
![]() | Colgate W. Darden Jr. | 1947–1959 |
Edgar F. Shannon Jr. | 1959–1974 | |
Frank L. Hereford Jr. | 1974–1985 | |
Robert M. O’Neil | 1985–1990 | |
John T. Casteen III | 1990–2010 | |
![]() | Teresa A. Sullivan | 2010–2018[2][3] |
![]() | James E. Ryan | 2018–present |
References
[edit]- ^ In Thomas Jefferson's original plan the faculty, counseled by a Board of Visitors, governed the University. By the turn of the century, the school had grown larger and more complex, and the Visitors saw the need to appoint a president. When Woodrow Wilson, a University of Virginia law graduate yet to be president, declined the offer, they turned to Edwin Anderson Alderman, well known as an innovative educator in the South and a great orator across the nation. Alderman was inaugurated on Founder's Day, April 13, 1905. Within a year, Alderman had seen to the opening of a school of education at the University.
- ^ Pérez-Peña, Richard (2012-06-26). "Ousted Head of University Is Reinstated in Virginia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ Kapsidelis, Karin. "U.Va. President Sullivan will leave when her contract ends, asks board to begin search for replacement". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2019-04-22.