| Chronological Listing |
| (P) = president (R) = rector (AP) = acting president * = W&L alumnus/alumna |
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| Alexander, Robert (R)(P) |
1749-1762 |
| Brown, John * (R)(P) |
1762-1782 |
| Bowyer, John * |
1776-1784 |
| Campbell, Charles * |
1776-1782, 1784-1807 |
| Christian, William, Col. |
1776-1784 |
| Cummings, Charles, Rev. * |
1776-1782 |
| Fleming, William, Col. * |
1776-1782 |
| Graham, William, Rev * (R)(P) |
1776-1796 |
| Grattan, John |
1776-1782 |
| Houston, John * |
1776-1782, 1784-1791 |
| Irvin, William, Rev. * |
1776-1782 |
| Lewis, Andrew, Gen. * |
1776-1782 |
| Lewis, John * |
1776-1782 |
| Lewis, Thomas * |
1776-1782 |
| Lyle, Samuel * |
1776-1782, 1782- |
| Matthews, Sampson * |
1776-1782 |
| McDowell, Samuel |
1776-1784 |
| McKee, William * |
1776-1782, 1782- |
| McPheeters, William * |
1776-1782 |
| Moffett, George * |
1776-1784 |
| Preston, William *, Col. |
1776-1782 |
| Stuart, Alexander *, Captain |
1776-1782 |
| Stuart, Thomas * |
1776-1782 |
| Waddell, James * |
1776-1782 |
| Ward, William * |
1776-1782 |
| Alexander, William * |
1782-1797 |
| Campbell, Alexander * |
1782-1807 |
| Campbell, Arthur *, Col. |
1782-? |
| Crawford, Edward *, Rev. |
1782-? , 1791-1795 |
| Doak, Samuel * |
1782-? |
| Erwin, Benjamin |
1782-? |
| Hays, John, Maj. * |
1782-1809 |
| Lyle, John * |
1782-1784, 1784- |
| McConnell, James * |
1782-? |
| McCorkle, James * |
1782-1784 |
| Montgomery, John *, Rev. |
1782-1784 |
| Moore, Andrew *, Gen. |
1782-1826 |
| Scott, Archibald *, Rev. |
1782-1799 |
| Stuart, Archibald * |
1782-1796, 1807-1819 |
| Trimble, John * |
1782-1784 |
| Trotter, James |
1782-? |
| Walker, Joseph * |
1782-1815 |
| Wallace, Caleb |
1782-1784 |
| Wilson, John * |
1782-? |
| Wilson, William *, Rev. |
1782-1807 |
| Carrick, Samuel *, Rev. |
1784-1791 |
| Edgar, Thomas |
1784-1791 |
| Ramsey, James * |
1784-1807 |
| Hoge, Moses * |
1791-? |
| Houston, Samuel, Rev. |
1791-1826 |
| Lacy, Drury * |
1791-? |
| LeGrand, Nathaniel |
1791-? |
| Mitchell, James * |
1791-1807 |
| Campbell, John Poage *, Rev. |
1793-1795 |
| Johnston, Zechariah * |
1793-1800 |
| Turner, James * |
1793-? |
| Campbell, Samuel Legrande * (R)(P) |
1794-1812 |
| Alexander, Andrew * |
1796-1844 |
| Brown, Samuel *, Rev. |
1796-1819 |
| Grigsby, Benjamin *, Rev. |
1796-1807 |
| Lyle, William * |
1796-1835 |
| McDowell, James *, Col. |
1796-1835 |
| Blackburn, Samuel *, Gen. |
1797-1830 |
| Coalter, John * |
1798-1830 |
| Baxter, George Addison *, Rev. (R)(P) |
1799-1832 |
| Brown, John *, Gen. |
1807-1817 |
| Graham, Edward * |
1807-1841 |
| Mayers, James J. * |
1807-1819 |
| McPheeters, William *, Rev. |
1807-1812 |
| Alexander, John *, Major |
1812-1854 |
| McClung, Henry * |
1812-1830 |
| Moore, John * |
1812-1815 |
| White, Robert * |
1812-1852 |
| Bowyer, Henry *, Col. |
1815-1830 |
| Davidson, Andrew B. *, Rev. |
1815-1857 |
| McCue, William * |
1815-1819 |
| Taylor, William * |
1815-1846 |
| Herron, Andrew, Rev. |
1819-1832 |
| Reid, Samuel McDowell *, Col. |
1819-1869 |
| Robinson, John * |
1819-1826 |
| Morrison, James *, Rev. |
1820-1865 |
| Taylor, Allen * |
1820-1836 |
| Massie, Thomas * |
1826-1842 |
| McDowell, James * |
1826-1852 |
| Baxter, Sidney S. * |
1830-1856 |
| Ewing, John D. *, Rev. |
1830-1856 |
| Grigsby, Reuben * |
1830-1843 |
| Marshall, Louis (R)(P) |
1830-1834 |
| Watts, Edward, Gen. |
1830-1835 |
| McFarland, Francis, Rev. |
1832-1836, 1843-1865 |
| Peyton, John Howe |
1832-1846 |
| Vethake, Henry (R)(P) |
1834-1836 |
| Barclay, Alexander T. *, Col. |
1835-1848 |
| Barton, Robert R. |
1835-1858 |
| Caruthers, John F. * |
1835-1840 |
| Franciso, Charles L. * |
1836-1844 |
| Steele, Joseph * |
1836-1865 |
| Leyburn, Alfred * (R) |
1841-1878 |
| Thompson, Horatio *, Rev. |
1841-1882 |
| Smith, Benjamin M. *, Rev. |
1842-1893 |
| Barclay, Hugh * |
1843-1870 |
| Anderson, John T. * |
1845-1853 |
| Moore, David E. *, Capt. |
1845-1875 |
| Mosby, Charles L. |
1846-1852 |
| White, William S. *, Rev. |
1849-1852 |
| Brockenbrough, John W., Judge |
1852-1872 |
| Chevalier, Nicholas, Rev. |
1852-1857 |
| Houston, Samuel Rutherford *, Rev. |
1852-1865 |
| Anderson, Francis T. *, Judge (R) |
1853-1887 |
| Brown, William *, Rev. |
1853-1894 |
| Grattan, Robert, Major |
1854-1856 |
| Johnson, James Foote |
1856-1869 |
| Tate, William M. *, Major |
1856-1890 |
| Lacy, Beverly T. *, Rev. |
1857-1858 |
| Moore, Thomas V. *, Rev. |
1857-1859 |
| Alexander, John McDowell * |
1858-1885 |
| Christian, Bolivar *, Col. |
1858-1891 |
| Davidson, James D. * |
1858-1883 |
| Kirkpatrick, Thomas J. *, Major |
1860-1898 |
| Glasgow, William A. * |
1865-1908 |
| Lee, Robert Edward (P) |
1865-1870 |
| McLaughlin, William *, Judge (R) |
1865-1898 |
| Poague, William T. *, Col. |
1865-1885 |
| Ruffner, William Henry * (P) |
1865-1876, 1896-99 |
| Echols, John *, Gen. |
1869-1896 |
| McCormick, Cyrus H. |
1869-1884 |
| Edmondson, James K. *, Judge |
1870-1898 |
| Lee, George Washington Custis (P) |
1871-1897 |
| Allan, William *, Col. |
1873-1890 |
| Corcoran, William W. |
1875-1888 |
| Anderson, William Alexander * (R) |
1885-1930 |
| Barclay, Alexander T. * |
1885-1915 |
| Houston, H. H. |
1886-1896 |
| Gordon, E. C. *, Rev. |
1888-1922 |
| Lee, W. H. F. *, Gen. |
1888-1891 |
| Tucker, Henry St. George * (AP) |
1889-1898 |
| Junkin, George G. *, Judge (P) |
1890-1895 |
| Ranson, Thomas D. *, Capt. |
1891-1898 |
| Dennis, Robert F. * |
1893-1897 |
| Preston, William C. * |
1893-1901 |
| Strickler, Givens Brown *, Rev. (R) |
1894-1913 |
| Helm, Bruce |
1895-1898 |
| Fishburne, Clement Daniel * |
1896-1907 |
| Wilson, William Lyne * (P) |
1897-1900 |
| Cocke, Lucian Howard * (R) |
1898-1927 |
| Fleming, Robert Hanson *, Rev. |
1898-1919 |
| Houston, William Paxton *, Judge |
1898-1910 |
| Preston, John Alfred * |
1898-1917 |
| Hamilton, Augustus Houston *, Rev. |
1899-1915 |
| Ingles, William * |
1899-1920 |
| Denny, George Hutcheson * (P) |
1901-1911 |
| Gaines, Albert Winston * |
1901-1916 |
| Munce, John Sinclair |
1901-1929 |
| St. Clair, George Walker * (R) |
1901-1939 |
| Glasgow, Frank T. * |
1907-1927 |
| Lewis, William D. * |
1907-1928 |
| Penick, Paul McNeel * |
1910-1913 |
| Campbell, Henry Donald * (AP) |
1911-1912 |
| Campbell, John Lyle * (AP) |
1911-1912 |
| Smith, Henry Louis (P) |
1912-1929 |
| Lee, Robert Edward, III * |
1915-1922 |
| Waddell, Harrington * |
1915-1940 |
| White, William McClanahan *, Rev. |
1915-1934 |
| Noble, Harry G. S. |
1916-1918 |
| Wisdom, Mortimer N. * |
1916-1919 |
| Fraser, Abel McI., Rev. |
1918-1924 |
| MacCorkle, William Alexander * |
1918-1930 |
| Kirkpatrick, Fortunatus S. * |
1919-1921 |
| Davis, John William * |
1921-1949 |
| Bell, William Alexander *, Judge |
1922-1925 |
| McDermott, Charles J., Judge |
1922-1941 |
| Sproul, Hugh Bell * |
1922-1929 |
| Caskie, James Randolph * (R) |
1924-1967 |
| Lee, George Bolling * |
1924-1948 |
| Carson, Walter Lapsley * |
1926-1959 |
| Baker, Newton D. * |
1928-1937 |
| Martin, William McChesney |
1928-1949 |
| Epes, Louis Spencer *, Judge |
1929-1935 |
| Peery, George Campbell *, Gov. (R) |
1929-1952 |
| Gaines, Francis Pendleton (P) |
1930-1959 |
| Tucker, Robert Henry (AP) |
1930-1930 |
| Fitzpatrick, Herbert * (R) |
1931-1957 |
| McCormick, Fowler |
1933-1944 |
| Hutcheson, James Morrison *, Dr. (R) |
1935-1965 |
| Carmichael, Harry St. George * T. |
1938-1949 |
| Huffman, Oscar Caperton * |
1938-1941 |
| Thomas, John Newton *, Dr. (R) |
1938-1973 |
| Holt, Homer Adams * |
1940-1969 |
| Avery, Clarence R. * |
1941-1953 |
| Lykes, Joseph Taliaferro * |
1941-1964 |
| St. Clair, Huston *, Dr. (R) |
1943-1971 |
| McDonald, Walter Andrew * |
1945-1961 |
| Chenery, Christopher T. * |
1950-1970 |
| Tucker, John Randolph * |
1950-1954 |
| Byrd, Harry Flood |
1951-1959 |
| Whittle, Kennon Caithness * |
1952-1964 |
| Buxton, James Stewart * |
1953-1978 |
| Lanier, Joseph Lamar * |
1953-1976 |
| Wisdom, John Minor *, Judge |
1957-1975 |
| Cole, Fred Carrington (P) |
1959-1967 |
| Hendon, John F. * |
1959-1972 |
| duPont, Jessie Dew Ball |
1960-1970 |
| Birnie, Joseph Earle * |
1961-1973 |
| Powell, Lewis Franklin., Jr. *, Justice |
1961-1978 |
| Lykes, Joseph Taliaferro, Jr. * |
1964-1979 |
| Stemmons, John Millard * |
1965-1977 |
| Malone, Rosser Lynn, Jr. * (R) |
1967-1974 |
| Pusey, William Webb, III (AP) |
1967-1968 |
| Huntley, Robert Edward Royall * (P) |
1968-1983 |
| Warner, John William * |
1969-1980 |
| Nuckols, Edgar Marshall, Jr. * (R) |
1969-1981 |
| Warner, Jonathan Westervelt * |
1969-1980, 1983 |
| Crist, John L., Jr. * |
1970-1978 |
| Frost, Thomas Clayborne, Jr. * |
1971-1982 |
| Scott, Isadore Meyer * |
1971-1983 |
| Brooks, Frank Crouch * |
1972-1983 |
| Dudley, Eastham Waller * |
1972-1983 |
| Lewis, Sydney * |
1972-1983 |
| Anderson, Thomas Dunaway * |
1973-1983 |
| Leggett, Harold Gordon, Jr. * |
1973-1984 |
| Philpott, James Alvin * |
1973-1985 |
| Shannon, Edgar Finley, Jr. * |
1974-1986 |
| Clarke, Thomas Hal * |
1975-1984 |
| Thomas, Calvert * |
1975-1987 |
| Kopald, S L, Jr. * |
1976-1988 |
| Ballengee, James McMorrow * (R) |
1978-1990 |
| Benton, Fred Fox, Jr. * |
1978-1989 |
| Branch, Thomas Broughton, III * |
1978-1990 |
| Compton, Asbury Christian * |
1978-1989 |
| Martin, Christine Hale |
1978-1981 |
| South, Jerry Glover * |
1979-1990 |
| Swinarton, Robert Waller * |
1979-1981 |
| Smith, Isaac Noyes, Jr. * |
1980-1991 |
| Harte, Houston Harriman * |
1981-1992 |
| Keller, Christoph, Jr. * |
1981-1987 |
| Millhiser, Ross Randolph |
1981-1990 |
| Hough, Charles Royce, III * |
1982-1992 |
| Touchton, John Thomas * |
1982-1992 |
| Keelty, Joseph Sheridan * |
1983-1988 |
| Steuart, Guy Thomas, II * |
1983-1993 |
| Wilson, John Delane (P) |
1983-1995 |
| Young, Frank Graves * |
1983-1988 |
| Gallivan, James Francis * |
1984-1994 |
| Lewis, Frances Aaronson |
1984-1989 |
| Rowe, Charles Spurgeon * |
1984-1994 |
| Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly, Jr. * |
1984-1994 |
| DuBose, Beverly Means, III * |
1985-1995 |
| Hipp, William Hayne * |
1985-1995 |
| Holton, Virginia Rogers |
1986-1995 |
| Ogilvie, William Buckner, Jr.* |
1986-1996 |
| Gottwald, William Michael * |
1987-1996 |
| Haynes, Richard Duval * |
1987-1991 |
| Leggett, Patricia Webb |
1987-1996 |
| Morrissette, Vaughan Inge |
1987-1996 |
| Lemon, William Jacob * |
1988-1997 |
| McClintock, James William, III * |
1988-1994 |
| Miles, Algene Stevens, Jr. * (R) |
1988-1997 |
| Castle, Gray Charles * |
1989-1998 |
| Lenfest, Harold FitzGerald * |
1989-1998 |
| Van Leer, Maurice Theodore * |
1989-1998 |
| Birney, Arthur Alexis * |
1990-1997 |
| Broadus, Thomas Harris, Jr. * |
1990-1998 |
| Marks, Julius Stephen, III * |
1990-1999 |
| Banse, Robert Lee * |
1991-1995 |
| Brock, William Emerson, III * |
1991-1993 |
| Marion, John Hardin * |
1991-2001 |
| Mullin, John Hatchman, III * |
1991-1995 |
| Clements, William Nelson * |
1992-1995 |
| Thomas, Suzanne Foster |
1992-2002 |
| Ausley, Charles DuBose * |
1993-2003 |
| Boardman, William Penniman * |
1993-2002 |
| Hollis, Samuel Brinson * |
1993-1999 |
| Johnson, Rupert Harris, Jr. * |
1993-2002 |
| Bishop, Edward Leonard, III * |
1994-2003 |
| Holleman, Vernon Wilson, Jr. * |
1995-1999 |
| Elrod, John William (P) |
1995-2001 |
| Johnston, William Reed * |
1995-1999 |
| Robinson, John William, IV * |
1995-2004 |
| Childress, Jack Donald * |
1995-1995, 2002- |
| White, Pamela Janice * |
1995-2004 |
| New, Mason Taylor * |
1995-1996 |
| Thornhill, Glenn Oswald * |
1996-2005 |
| Steuart, Margaret Jones |
1996-2005 |
| Shepherd, Thomas Ringgold * |
1996-1999, 2000-2001 |
| Surface, James Frank * (R) |
1996-2005 |
| Farmer, John Rowland * |
1997-2006 |
| McFall, Donald Beury * |
1997-2006 |
| Norwood, Philip Weltner * (R) |
1997-2008 |
| Stephens, Warren Amerine * |
1997-1997 |
| Armstrong, Michael David * |
1998-2007 |
| Butler, Susan Lewis |
1998-2003 |
| Dudley, Waller Trollinger * |
1998-2006 |
| Staniar, Burton Barringer * |
1998-2007 |
| Thompson, Matthew Gilmour * |
1998-2002 |
| Davenport, Joseph Howard, III * |
1999-2008 |
| Folsom, John William * |
1999-2007 |
| Hill, William Bradley, Jr. * |
1999-2008 |
| Hubbard, Albert Crawford, Jr. * |
1999-2008 |
| Smith, Hatton Coulbourne Valentine * |
1999-2009 |
| Goodell, William Rice * |
1999-2009 |
| Hartwell, Ray Vinton III * |
2000-2009 |
| Tomm, Charles Baily * |
2000-2009 |
| Fishback, William Hunter, Jr. * |
2000-2010 |
| Boetsch, Howard Laurent, Jr. * (AP) |
2001-2002 |
| Ball, Chris Butler |
2001-2006 |
| Kimmel, William Joseph, III * |
2001-2006 |
| Monier, Michael Harrison * |
2001-2009 |
| Klinedinst, John David * |
2001-2010 |
| Burish, Thomas Gerard (P) |
2002-2005 |
| McJunkin, Thomas Needles * |
2002-2011 |
| Watt, Alston Parker* |
2003-2011 |
| Wolf, John Anthony* |
2003-2012 |
| Estrada Mora, Jorge Eliecer* |
2003-2012 |
| Ellison, James Hagood, Jr. * |
2004-2011 |
| Phillips, Harry Johnson, Jr. * |
2004-2013 |
| Beckley, Harlan Ray (AP) |
2005-2006 |
| Baur, Andrew Noland * |
2005-2009 |
| Fechnay, John Scott* |
2005-2012 |
| Grigsby, Bernard Candler, II * |
2005-2014 |
| Nash, Sarah Elizabeth |
2005-2014 |
| Vardaman, John W. "Jack" * |
2005-2014 |
| Wilt, Dallas Hagewood * |
2006-2014 |
| Balentine, Robert McGee * |
2006-2015 |
| Gambill, Benjamin Drake Smith, Jr. * |
2006-2015 |
| Ruscio, Kenneth Patrick *(P) |
2006-2016 |
| Duchossois, Kimberly Thrall |
2006-2010 |
| Eaker, Mark Robbe * |
2006-2010 |
| Stein, Martin Edward, Jr. * |
2006-2011 |
| Grey, Robert James, Jr. * |
2006-2014 |
| Keefe, Peter Creighton * |
2007-2013 |
| Stephens, Warren Amerine * |
2007-2015 |
| Fuge, C Douglas * |
2007-2015 |
| Monaghan, Jessine Adrienne * |
2007-2016 |
| McCardell, John Malcolm, Jr. * |
2008-2010 |
| Wall, Thomas Robert, IV * |
2008-2016 |
| Cooper, Frederick Eansor * |
2008-2017 |
| Sadler, Robert Emmett, Jr. * |
2008-2017 |
| Webster, William Mendenhall, IV * |
2008-2017 |
| Gentry, John Baker, Jr. * |
2009-2017 |
| Lawrence, Sally Peterson |
2009-2017 |
| Haight, Richard Allen * |
2009-2018 |
| Ross, Bennett Leonard * |
2009-2018 |
| Crawford, Edwin M. "Mac" |
2010-2014 |
| Emanuelson, Dwight Hillis, Jr. * |
2010-2018 |
| Missal, Michael Joseph * |
2011-2016 |
| Pritchard, William England, III * |
2012-2017 |
| Miller, Marshall Burns, Jr. * |
2012-2018 |