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, approves the University's mission and purpose, institutional policies and alterations in academic programs, guards the University's finances and sets an example of generous financial support. The current incumbent is Anthony Monaco, formerly the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[2]

Presidents of Tufts

President Tufts Class Life Tenure Notes
1. Hosea Ballou II – 1796-1861 1853-1861 Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill.
2.
Alonzo Ames Miner- 1814-1895 1862-1875Expansion and Civil War
3.
Elmer Hewitt Capen1860 1838-1905 1857-1905 First alum to be president
4. Frederick W. Hamilton 1860 1860-1940 1905-1912 Jackson College founded
William Leslie Hooper 1877 1855-1918 1912-1914 (acting president)
5. Hermon Carey Bumpus1905 1862-1943 1915-1919
6. John Albert Cousens1898 1874-1937 1919-1937 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded
George Stewart Miller 1906 1884-1971 1937-1938 (acting president)
7.
Leonard Carmichael1920 1898-1973 1938-1952
8. Nils Yngve Wessell- 1914-2007 1953-1966
Leonard Chapin Mead - 1913-2002 1966-1967 (acting president)
9. Burton Crosby Hallowell- 1915-2006 1967-1976
10.
Jean Mayer- 1920-1993 1976-1992
11.
John A. DiBiaggio– 1932- 1992-2001
12.
Lawrence S. Bacow[3]– 1951- 2001-2011
13. Anthony Monaco[4]– 1959- 2011- Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

References

  1. ↑ "Office of the Trustees". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Biography - Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ "President Emeritus Lawrence S. Bacow". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Biography - Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

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