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The following is a list of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, which began operating in 1751 as a secondary school, the Academy of Philadelphia, and added an institution of higher learning in 1755, the College of Philadelphia.
Provost[note 1] | Birth–death | Years as provost | Name of institution | Notes | |
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1 | The Reverend George Whitefield[note 2] | 1714–1770 | 1740–1749 | Unnamed Charity School[note 3] | |
2 | Benjamin Franklin[note 4] | 1706–1790 | 1749–1754 | Academy of Philadelphia | |
3 | The Reverend William Smith | 1727–1803 | 1754–1779 | College of Philadelphia | American Revolution |
4 | The Reverend John Ewing | 1732–1802 | 1779–1802 | University of Pennsylvania | American Revolution |
5 | The Reverend William Smith | 1751–1820 | 1802–1806 | University of Pennsylvania | |
6 | The Reverend John McDowell | 1732–1802 | 1807–1810 | University of Pennsylvania | |
7 | The Reverend John Andrews | 1746–1813 | 1810–1813 | University of Pennsylvania | |
8 | The Reverend Frederick Beasley | 1777–1845 | 1813–1828 | University of Pennsylvania | |
9 | The Right Reverend William Heathcote DeLancey | 1797–1865 | 1828–1834 | University of Pennsylvania | |
10 | The Reverend John Ludlow | 1793–1857 | 1834–1852 | University of Pennsylvania | |
11 | The Reverend Henry Vethake | 1790–1866 | 1853–1859 | University of Pennsylvania | |
13 | The Reverend Daniel Raynes Goodwin | 1811–1890 | 1860–1868 | University of Pennsylvania | |
14 | Charles Janeway Stillé | 1819–1899 | 1868–1880 | University of Pennsylvania | |
15 | William Pepper | 1843–1898 | 1881–1894 | University of Pennsylvania | |
16 | Charles Custis Harrison | 1844–1929 | 1894–1910 | University of Pennsylvania | |
17 | Edgar Fahs Smith | 1854–1928 | 1910–1920 | University of Pennsylvania | |
18 | Josiah Harmar Penniman | 1868–1940 | 1923–1930 | University of Pennsylvania | |
Presidents of the University of Pennsylvania | Years as president | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Sovereign Gates | 1930–1944 | |
2 | George William McClelland | 1944–1948 | |
3 | Harold Stassen | 1948–1953 | |
- | William Hagan DuBarry | 1953–1953, Acting President | |
4 | Gaylord Probasco Harnwell | 1953–1970 | |
5 | Martin Meyerson | 1970–1981 | |
6 | Sheldon Hackney | 1981–1993 | |
- | Claire Fagin | 1993–1994, Interim President | |
7 | Judith Rodin | 1994–2004 | |
8 | Amy Gutmann | 2004–2022 | |
- | Wendell Pritchett | 2022–2022, Interim President | |
9 | M. Elizabeth Magill | 2022–2023 | Shortest tenure |
- | J. Larry Jameson | 2023-Present, Interim President |
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