| Presidents of the College |
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During the first four years Westminster College acted without a president, the chairmanship of the faculty passing among the members on a rotating basis. The same procedure was used again from 1861 to 1864. The following have served as presidents of Westminster College:
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Samuel Spahr Laws |
1855-1861 |
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John Montgomery |
1864-1865 |
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Michael Montgomery Fisher |
1865-1868^ |
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Nathan Lewis Rice |
1868-1874 |
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Michael Montgomery Fisher |
1875-1877 |
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Charles Campbell Hersman |
1877-1887 |
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William Hoge Marquess |
1887-1894 |
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Edward Clifford Gordon |
1894-1897 |
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John Jay Rice |
1898-1899* |
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John Henry McCracken |
1899-1903 |
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John Jay Rice |
1903-1904* |
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David Ramsey Kerr |
1904-1911 |
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Charles Brasee Boving |
1911-1914 |
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John Jay Rice |
1914-1915* |
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Elmer Ellsworth Reed |
1915-1926 |
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Marion Edmund Melvin |
1927-1933 |
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Franc Lewis McCluer |
1933-1947 |
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William Webster Hall |
1948-1954 |
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Robert L. D. Davidson |
1955-1973 |
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Dale Purcell |
1973-1976 |
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William L. Stucker |
1976-1977* |
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John Harvey Saunders |
1977-1992 |
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John E. "Jack" Marshall |
1992-1993* |
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James F. Traer |
1993-1999 |
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Neal Creighton |
1999-2000* |
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Fletcher Lamkin |
2000 - present |
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*denotes interim term
^denotes "acting" president - was not formally appointed as interim
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