President Term of Office
George Rupp 1993-2002
Michael I. Sovern 1980-1993
William J. McGill 1970-1980
Andrew W. Cordier 1969-1970
Andrew W. Cordier (acting president) 1968-1969
Grayson Kirk 1953-1968
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1948-1953
Frank D. Fackenthal (acting president) 1945-1948
Nicholas Murray Butler 1902-1945
Seth Low 1890-1901
Frederick A.P. Barnard 1864-1889
Charles King 1849-1864
Nathaniel Fish Moore 1842-1849
William A. Duer 1829-1842
William Harris 1811-1829
Benjamin Moore 1801-1811
Charles H. Wharton 1801
William Samuel Johnson 1787-1800
(In 1776, instruction was suspended for the American Revolution. When classes resumed in 1784, the name Columbia College was adopted; the College was governed by a Board of Regents until 1787.)
Benjamin Moore (in absence of the President) 1775-1776
Myles Cooper 1763-1775
Samuel Johnson 1754-1763