President of Grinnell College

Since the college's founding in 1846, Grinnell College has had thirteen presidents and seven temporary acting presidents. A college president is responsible for all aspects of the institution's internal and external affairs, including administrative and academic decision-making.[1]

While Iowa College, later renamed Grinnell College, did not have a president for the first years of its existence, after the Civil War, the trustees chose fellow trustee George Frederic Magoun to lead the institution as it matured. From his inauguration in 1865, Magoun served 19 years, the second-longest presidential tenure in the college's history.[2]

The current Grinnell College president is Anne F. Harris, who replaced president Raynard S. Kington to become the 14th president of the College on July 14, 2020.[3]

Presidents of the College
List of presidents of Grinnell College[4]
President YearsNotes
The Trustees of Iowa College 1846–1865
George Frederic Magoun 1865–1884
Samuel J. Buck 1884–1887(acting)
George Augustus Gates 1887–1900
John Hanson Thomas Main 1900–1902(acting)
Dan Freeman Bradley 1902–1905
John Hanson Thomas Main 1905–1931(acting in first academic year)
John Scholte Nollen 1931–1940
Samuel Nowell Stevens 1940–1954
Rupert Adam Hawk 1954–1955(acting)
Howard Rothmann Bowen 1955–1964
James Hartmann Stauss 1964–1965(acting)
Glenn Leggett 1965–1975also President Emeritus of the College 1979–2003
A. Richard Turner 1975–1979
George A. Drake 1979–1991also President Emeritus of the College 2005–
Waldo S. Walker 1987(acting)
Pamela A. Ferguson 1991–1997
Charles L. Duke 1998(acting)
Russell K. Osgood 1998–2010
Raynard S. Kington 2010–2020
Anne F. Harris[5] 2020–present

References
  1. Grinnell College, Office of the President. "Office of the President" Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed May 17, 2008.
  2. Jones, Alan. "A Brief History of Grinnell College", pp. 10-17. Accessed May 10, 2008.
  3. Grinnell College. (July 14, 2020). "Anne F. Harris Named Grinnell's 14th President".
  4. Grinnell College Catalog (May 26, 2021) "Presidents of the College".
  5. https://www.grinnell.edu/about/leadership/president?avad=160597_f1be6ab75
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