List of Shimer College presidents

This is a list of presidents of Shimer College, from 1853 to the present.

Former president Ed Noonan, former interim president David Shiner, former president Don Moon, current president Susan Henking, and former president William Craig Rice.

List

• A "–" indicates that the individual served as interim or acting president.

#	Name	Term begin	Term end	Notes	References
1	Frances Shimer	1853	1896	Title: Principal Former schoolteacher
-	Frank J. Miller	1896	1897	Title: Non-resident principal[1] Professor at University of Chicago	[2]
2	William Parker McKee	1897	1930	Title: Dean Former Baptist minister	[2]
3	Floyd Wilcox	1930	1935	Title: President	[2]
-	A. Beth Hostetter	1935	1936		[2]
4	Raymond Culver	1936	1938	Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College	[2]
-	A. Beth Hostetter	1938	1939		[2]
5	Albin C. Bro	1939	1949	Former staff at University of Chicago Press	[2]
-	John Russel	1949	1950		[3]
6	Aaron Brumbaugh	1950	1954	Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago	[2][4]
7	Francis Joseph Mullin	1954	1968	Former professor of medicine at the University of Chicago	[2]
8	Milburn Akers	1968	1970	Former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times	[2]
9	Robert Spencer Long[2]	1970	1974	Formerly Dean at Roger Williams College
-	Esther G. Weinstein	1974	1975		[2]
10	Ralph W. Conant	1975	1978	Urbanologist	[2]
11	Donald P. Moon	1978	2004	Episcopal priest Former nuclear reactor physicist	[2]
12	William Craig Rice	2004	2006	Former staff member at the American Academy for Liberal Education
-	Ronald Champagne	2007	2009	Former administrator at Roosevelt University
13	Thomas K. Lindsay	2009	2010	Former director at the National Endowment for the Humanities
-	Edward Noonan	2010	2012	Former architect
14	Susan Henking	2012	2017	Scholar of religious studies

• 
  Susan Henking, president of Shimer College 2012–2017 Final President of Shimer College
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  Edward Noonan, interim president of Shimer College 2010-2012
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  Thomas Lindsay, president of Shimer College 2009-2010
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  Ron Champagne, interim president of Shimer College 2006-2008
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  William Craig Rice, president of Shimer College 2004-2006
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  Don Moon, president of Shimer College 1978-2004
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  Esther Weinstein, interim president of Shimer College 1974-1975
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  Ralph Conant, president of Shimer College 1975-1978
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  Milburn Akers, president of Shimer College 1968-1970
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  F.J. Mullin, president of Shimer College 1954-1968
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  Aaron Brumbaugh, president of Shimer College 1950-1953
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  John H. Russel, interim president 1949-1950
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  Albin Bro, president of Frances Shimer College 1939-1949
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  A. Beth Hostetter, interim president 1935-1936 and 1938-1939
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  Raymond Culver, president of Frances Shimer Junior College 1936-1938
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  Floyd Wilcox, president of Frances Shimer Junior College 1930-1935
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  William Parker McKee, dean of Frances Shimer Academy 1897-1930
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  Frank Justus Miller, principal of Frances Shimer Academy 1896-1897
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  Frances Shimer, principal of Mount Carroll Seminary 1853-1896
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  Frances Shimer and Cindarella Gregory, co-principals of Mount Carroll Seminary 1853-1870

Works cited

• Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

1. "The Frances Shimer School of the University of Chicago". Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2. 1910. pp. 715–718.
2. Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.
3. "Dr Russel Appointed As Frances Shimer College Acting Head". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1949-09-01.
4. "Something for the Girls". Time. 1950-07-10.