List of presidents of Dartmouth College

The following is a list of presidents of Dartmouth College.

The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock

Presidents

Order	Name	Position(s)	Joined College	Ascended presidency	Left/retired	Alumnus/na?	Reference
1	Eleazar Wheelock	President and founder of Dartmouth College	1769	1769	1779	no	[1][2]
2	John Wheelock	President	1779	1779	1815	1771	[2][3]
3	Francis Brown	President	1815	1815	1820	1805	[2][4]
4	Daniel Dana	President	1820	1820	1821	1788	[2][5]
5	Bennet Tyler	President	1822	1822	1828	no	[2][6]
6	Nathan Lord	President	1828	1828	1863	no	[2][7]
7	Asa Dodge Smith	President	1863	1863	1877	1830	[2][8]
8	Samuel Colcord Bartlett	President	1877	1877	1892	1836	[2][9]
9	William Jewett Tucker	President	1893	1893	1909	1861	[2][10]
10	Ernest Fox Nichols	President, Professor of Physics	1898–1903	1909	1916	no	[2][11]
11	Ernest Martin Hopkins	President	1916	1916	1945	1901	[2][12]
12	John Sloan Dickey	President	1945	1945	1970	1929	[2][13]
13	John George Kemeny	President, Professor of Mathematics	1953	1970	1981	no	[2][14]
14	David T. McLaughlin	President, member of the Board of Trustees	1971	1981	1987	1954, T'1955	[2][15]
15	James O. Freedman	President	1987	1987	1998	no	[2][16]
16	James Wright	President, Dean of the Faculty, Professor of History	1969	1998	July 1, 2009	no	[2][17][18]
17	Jim Yong Kim	President, Department of Anthropology Faculty	July 1, 2009	July 1, 2009	2012	no	[19]
18	Philip J. Hanlon	President	June 10, 2013	June 10, 2013		1977	[20]

References

1. "Eleazar Wheelock". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
2. "Presidents of Dartmouth College". Rauner Special Collections Library. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
3. "John Wheelock". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
4. "Francis Brown". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
5. "Daniel Dana". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
6. "Bennett Tyler". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
7. "Nathan Lord". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
8. "Asa Dodge Smith". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
9. "Samuel Colcord Bartlett". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
10. "William Jewett Tucker". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
11. "Ernest Fox Nichols". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
12. "Ernest Martin Hopkins". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
13. "John Sloan Dickey". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
14. "John G. Kemeny". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
15. "David T. McLaughlin". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
16. "James O. Freedman". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
17. "James Wright". The Wheelock Succession of Dartmouth Presidents. The Office of the President. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
18. Lowe, Allie (2008-02-04). "President Wright to step down in June of 2009". The Dartmouth. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
19. "Dr. Jim Yong Kim appointed 17th President of Dartmouth College" (Press release). Dartmouth College. 2009-03-02. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
20. "Philip J. Hanlon '77, PhD, Is Named 18th President of Dartmouth" (Press release). Dartmouth College. 2012-11-24. Archived from the original on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2012-11-24.