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. The current incumbent is Sunil Kumar.
Presidents of Tufts
The following persons have served as president of Tufts University:[2]
| No. | Image | President | Tufts class | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hosea Ballou II[a] (1796–1861) |
– | 1853 | 1860 | ||
| acting | Oliver Dean[b] (1783–1871) |
– | 1860 | 1862 | [3] | |
| 2 | Alonzo Ames Miner[c] (1814–1895) |
– | 1862 | 1875 | ||
| 3 | Elmer Hewitt Capen[d] (1838–1905) |
1860 | 1875 | March 22, 1905[e] | ||
| 4 | Frederick W. Hamilton[f] (1860–1940) |
1860 | 1905 | 1912 | ||
| acting | William Leslie Hooper (1855–1918) |
1877 | 1912 | 1914 | ||
| 5 | Hermon Carey Bumpus (1862–1943) |
1905 | 1915 | 1919 | ||
| 6 | John Albert Cousens[g] (1874–1937) |
1898 | 1919 | July 2, 1937[e] | ||
| acting | George Stewart Miller (1884–1971) |
1906 | 1937 | 1938 | ||
| 7 | Leonard Carmichael (1898–1973) |
1920 | 1938 | 1952 | ||
| 8 | Nils Yngve Wessell (1914–2007) |
– | 1953 | 1966 | ||
| acting | Leonard Chapin Mead (1913–2002) |
– | September 1, 1966 | 1967 | ||
| 9 | Burton Crosby Hallowell (1915–2006) |
– | 1967 | June 30, 1976 | [4] | |
| 10 | Jean Mayer (1920–1993) |
– | July 1, 1976 | August 31, 1992 | [5][6] | |
| 11 | John A. DiBiaggio (1932–2020) |
– | September 1, 1992 | August 31, 2001 | [7][8] | |
| 12 | Lawrence S. Bacow (1951–) |
– | September 1, 2001 | July 31, 2011 | [9][10][11][12] | |
| 13 | Anthony Monaco[h] (1959–) |
– | August 1, 2011 | June 30, 2023 | [13][14][15] | |
| 14 | Sunil Kumar |
– | July 1, 2023 | present | [16] |
Table notes:
- ^ Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill.
- ^ founded Dean Academy in 1865
- ^ Expansion and Civil War
- ^ First alum to be president
- ^ a b Died in office
- ^ Jackson College for Women founded
- ^ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded
- ^ Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
References
- ^ "Office of the Trustees". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "The Tufts Presidency". Tufts University.
- ^ "Anniversary Meetings: Tufts College". Boston Evening Transcript. May 29, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tufts Appoints a New President". The New York Times. January 5, 1967. p. 21.
- ^ Takeshita, Kenichi (March 22, 1976). "Jean Mayer to Be Appointed president of Tufts University". The Harvard Crimson.
- ^ Butterfield, Fox (April 1, 1992). "After 16 Years as President of Tufts, Scientist Counts His Achievements". The New York Times. p. B9.
- ^ "Tufts Picks Michigan State's Leader as New President". The New York Times. May 20, 1992. p. B8.
- ^ "Tufts University President Is to Retire". September 13, 2000. p. A20.
- ^ "President Emeritus Lawrence S. Bacow". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "Tufts chooses MIT Chancellor Bacow as new president". The Tufts Daily. March 31, 2001.
- ^ "Lawrence S. Bacow to Step Down Next Year". Tufts Journal. February 3, 2010.
- ^ "Bacow Out, Monaco in as Tufts President". InsideMedford. August 1, 2011.
- ^ "Biography – Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "Anthony P. Monaco, President". Tufts University.
- ^ "Tufts President Anthony Monaco to Step Down in Summer 2023". Tufts Now. Tufts University. February 14, 2022.
- ^ McNeil, Taylor (November 17, 2022). "Sunil Kumar Appointed Tufts University's Next President". Tufts Now. Tufts University.