| 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 |
