| William Preston Johnston |
1884-1899 |
| William Oscar Rogers (Acting President) |
1899-1900 |
| Edwin Anderson Alderman |
1900-1904 |
| Edwin Boone Craighead |
1904-1912 |
| Robert Sharp (Acting President) |
1912-1913 |
| Robert Sharp |
1913-1918 |
| Albert Bledsoe Dinwiddie |
1918-1935 |
| Douglas Smith Anderson* (Acting President) |
1935-1936 |
| Robert Leonval Menuet* (Acting President) |
1936-1937 |
| Rufus Carrollton Harris |
1937-1960 |
| Maxwell Edward Lapham (Acting President) |
1960 |
| Herbert Eugene Longenecker |
1960-1975 |
| Francis Sheldon Hackney |
1975-1980 |
| Eamon Kelly (Acting President) |
1980-1981 |
| Eamon Kelly |
1981-1998 |
| Scott S. Cowen |
1998-2014 |
