President of The George Washington University
Incumbent
Ellen Granberg
since 1 July 2023
AppointerGW Board of Trustees
Formation1821 (1821)
First holderWilliam Staughton
WebsiteOffice of the President
William Staughton

The president of the George Washington University is the chief executive officer of the George Washington University, appointed by the GW Board of Trustees and charged "to establish the university's vision, oversee its teaching and research mission and guide its future."[1]

History

The first President of what was then known as Columbian College was clergyman and Chaplain of the United States Senate, William Staughton. Although Columbian College was founded by prominent Baptists, its Congressional Charter forbade any religious restrictions for the University. As such, the Presidents of the University succeeding Staughton were not required to be Baptists. The Presidents of the George Washington University have been selected by its Board of Trustees.[2]

Current President

The current president of the George Washington University is Ellen Granberg. University officials announced Granberg would succeed incumbent Mark S. Wrighton. Granberg took office on 1 July 2023.[3]

In January 2023, the university announced that Ellen Granberg had been selected to succeed Wrighton. Granberg, who will become the first woman to serve as president of George Washington University, will take office on July 1, 2023.[4]

List

Years President[5]
2023–present Ellen Granberg[4]
2022–2023 Mark S. Wrighton (interim)[6][7]
2017–2022 Thomas LeBlanc[8]
2007–2017 Steven Knapp[9]
1988–2007 Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
1965–1988 Lloyd Hartman Elliott
1961–1964 Thomas H. Carroll
1927–1959 Cloyd H. Marvin
1923–1927 William Mather Lewis
1918–1921 William Miller Collier
1910–1918 Charles H. Stockton
1902–1910 Charles W. Needham
1895–1900 Beniah Longley Whitman
1871–1874 James Clarke Welling
1859–1871 George W. Samson
1855–1858 Joseph Getchell Binney
1843–1854 Joel Smith Bacon
1828–1841 Stephen Chapin
1821–1827 William Staughton

References

  1. ↑ GW Overview | The George Washington University
  2. ↑ "Past Presidents | Office of the President | The George Washington University". Office of the President. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Nick (2023-01-11). "Ellen Granberg named president of GWU, the first woman to hold the job". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  4. 1 2 "Ellen Granberg, Ph.D., to Serve as 19th President of the George Washington University". GW Today. The George Washington University. January 11, 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  5. ↑ "List of Presidents of the George Washington University". Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  6. ↑ Trivedi, Isha (September 10, 2021). "Interim president to replace LeBlanc in January as trustees postpone search". The GW Hatchet.
  7. ↑ "Mark S. Wrighton to Become Interim President Jan. 1". GW Today. The George Washington University. September 13, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Thomas LeBlanc Named 17th President of the George Washington University". GW Today. The George Washington University. January 6, 2017.
  9. ↑ Bialecki, Marissa (November 19, 2007). "GW inaugurates 16th president". The GW Hatchet.
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