User:Greg.Hartley/Longest serving college presidents
The longest serving president of a United States institution of higher education is Eliphalet Nott, who served at Union College in Schenectady, NY for 62 years, from 1805-1866. The longest living college or university president is Norman Francis, who continues at Xavier University of Louisiana as president after 45 years of service.
According to a 2007 report from the American Council on Education, only about 5% of all in-office college presidents had served longer than 20 years.[1] The table below considers candidates who can be demonstrated to have served for 25 years or longer unless another distinguishing factor warrants inclusion. Records for the longest serving college or university presidents are usually kept by the respective institutions themselves.
| Name | Term | College | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliphalet Nott | 62 years (1805-1866) | Union College | Schenectady, NY | Longest serving college president in U.S. history. |
| Norman Francis | 45 years (1968-2013) | Xavier University of Louisiana | Lafayette, LA | The longest serving living college president in the U.S.[2] Still in office. |
| Richard I. Gouse | 42 years (1971-2013) | New England Institute of Technology | Warwick, RI | Only 24 at the time of assuming his position. Still in office. |
| Joseph M. Hankin | 40 years (1971-2013)[3] | Westchester Community College | Valhalla, NY | Longest serving community college president in the US.[4] Still in office. |
| Leon Botstein | 38 years (1975-2013) | Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | Still in office. |
| James Burrill Angell | 38 years (1871-1909) | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | UM's longest serving president. |
| David L. Eubanks | 37 years (1969-2007) | Johnson Bible College | Knoxville, TN | |
| Daniel R. Chamberlain | 30 years (1976-2006 | Houghton College | Houghton, NY | |
| Jack L. Stark | 29 years (1970-1999) | Claremont McKenna College | Claremont,CA | Longest serving president in the state of California. |
| David Lieber | 29 years (1964-1993) | University of Judaism | Bel-air, Los Angeles, CA | |
| John A. Hannah | 28 years (1941-1969) | Michigan State College | East Lansing, MI | |
| Charles E. Young | 27 years (1968-1997)[5] | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA | Was also the president of the University of Florida from 1999-2003. |
| Benjamin Labaree | 26 years (1840-1866) | Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | |
| Alfred Bryan Bonds | 26 years (1955-1981) | Baldwin Wallace University | Berea, OH | |
| Walter Washington | 25 years (1969-1994)[6] | Alcorn State University | Lorman, MI | |
| Jonathan DeFelice | 24 years (1989-2013) | Saint Anselm College | Golfstown, NH | Retired June, 2013. |
| Rick Levin | 20 years (1993-2013 | Yale University | New Haven, CT | The longest serving Ivy League president. |
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.ctmirror.org/sites/default/files/ACP%20report_0.pdf
- ^ Mangan, Katherine. "The Chronicle of Higher Education". America's Longest Serving President has More to Do. The Chronicle. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ http://www.sunywcc.edu/aboutwcc/whats_new/drhankin.htm
- ^ Sarina, Trangle (09-24-11). "President Joseph Hankin Celebrates 40 Years at WCC". Greenburgh Daily Voice. The Greenburgh Daily Voice. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Chambers, Veronica. "College Presidents in the Spotlight". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Alcorn State University: Past Presidents". Alcorn State University. Retrieved 20 September 2012.