College Presidents
During the first four years Westminster College acted without a president, the chairmanship of the faculty passing among the members on a rotating basis. The same procedure was used again from 1861 to 1864. The following have served as presidents of Westminster College:
Samuel Spahr Laws |
1855-1861 |
John Montgomery |
1864-1865 |
Michael Montgomery Fisher |
1865-1868^ |
Nathan Lewis Rice |
1868-1874 |
Michael Montgomery Fisher |
1875-1877 |
Charles Campbell Hersman |
1877-1887 |
William Hoge Marquess |
1887-1894 |
Edward Clifford Gordon |
1894-1897 |
John Jay Rice |
1898-1899* |
John Henry McCracken |
1899-1903 |
John Jay Rice |
1903-1904* |
David Ramsey Kerr |
1904-1911 |
Charles Brasee Boving |
1911-1914 |
John Jay Rice |
1914-1915* |
Elmer Ellsworth Reed |
1915-1926 |
Marion Edmund Melvin |
1927-1933 |
Franc Lewis McCluer |
1933-1947 |
William Webster Hall |
1948-1954 |
Robert L. D. Davidson |
1955-1973 |
Dale Purcell |
1973-1976 |
William L. Stucker |
1976-1977* |
John Harvey Saunders |
1977-1992 |
John E. "Jack" Marshall |
1992-1993* |
James F. Traer |
1993-1999 |
Neal Creighton |
1999-2000* |
Fletcher M. Lamkin |
2000 - 2007 |
George B. "Barney" Forsythe |
2007 - present |
*denotes interim term
^denotes "acting" president - not formally appointed as interim