James Manning: 1765 - 1791

Jonathan Maxcy: 1792-1802

Asa Messer: 1802 - 1826

Francis Wayland: 1827-1855

Barnas Sears: 1855-1867

Alexis Caswell: 1868-1872

Ezekiel Gilman Robinson: 1872-1889

Elisha Benjamin Andrews: 1889-1898

William Herbert Perry Faunce: 1899 - 1929

Clarence Barbour: 1929-1937

Henry Wriston: 1937-1955

Barnaby Keeney: 1955-1966

Ray Heffner: 1966-1969

Donald Hornig: 1970-1976

Howard Swearer: 1977-1988

Vartan Gregorian: 1989-1997

E. Gordon Gee: 1998-2000

Ruth J. Simmons: 2001-2012