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Princeton University is led by a President selected by the Board of Trustees. Until the accession of Woodrow Wilson, a political scientist, in 1902, they were all Presbyterian clergymen, as well as professors. Former President Shirley M. Tilghman is a biologist; her two predecessors were economists. The official residence of the president of the university is the Walter Lowrie House. Prior to 1968, Prospect House served in that capacity.
Presidents
Acting Presidents are in italics- Reverend Jonathan Dickinson 1747
- Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. 1748-1757
- Reverend Jonathan Edwards 1758
- Reverend Samuel Davies 1759-1761
- Reverend Samuel Finley 1761-1766
- Reverend John Witherspoon 1768-1794
- Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith 1795-1812
- Reverend Ashbel Green 1812-1822
- Reverend James Carnahan 1823-1854
- Reverend John Maclean, Jr. 1854-1868
- Reverend James McCosh 1868-1888
- Reverend Francis L. Patton 1888-1902
- Woodrow Wilson 1902-1910
- John Grier Hibben 1912-1932
- Harold W. Dodds 1933-1957
- Robert F. Goheen 1957-1972
- William G. Bowen 1972-1988
- Harold T. Shapiro 1988-2001
- Shirley M. Tilghman 2001-2013
- Christopher L. Eisgruber 2013-
References
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