Shirley Marie Tilghman, OC FRS (/ˈtɪlmən/; née Caldwell; born 17 September 1946) is a Canadian scholar in molecular biology and an academic administrator. She is now a professor of molecular biology ...
Edward Dickinson Duffield (March 31, 1871 – September 18, 1938) was an American politician, banker, and acting President of Princeton University following the retirement of John G. Hibben. Duffield s...
President of Princeton from 1913-1933
John Grier Hibben (April 19, 1861 – May 16, 1933) was a Presbyterian minister, a philosopher, and educator. He served as president of Princeton University from...
Francis Landey Patton (January 22, 1843 – November 25, 1932) was a Bermudan-American educator, Presbyterian minister, academic administrator, and theologian, and served as the twelfth president of Pr...
James McCosh (April 1, 1811 – November 16, 1894) was a philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense. He was president of Princeton University 1868–88.
Jonathan Dickinson 1747 Died shortly after entering office from a pleuritic illness
Aaron Burr Sr. 1748–1757 Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Newark. Father of Aaron Burr, the third Vice President of the United States. Died from illness while in office.
Jonathan Edwards 1758 Eminent theologian to the First Great Awakening. Died five weeks into office after a fever from a smallpox vaccine.
Jacob Green 1758–1759 Delegate for Morris County to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey. Father of Ashbel Green, 8th president of the university. Served as acting president.
Samuel Davies 1759–1761 Died shortly after entering office from pneumonia
Samuel Finley 1761–1766 Founder of West Nottingham Academy; Minister of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church. Graduate of the Log College. Died while in office in Philadelphia seeking medical treatment.
John Blair 1767–1768 Graduate of the Log College. Served as acting president.
John Witherspoon 1768–1794 Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Delegate to the Second Continental Congress; Moderator of the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Died while in office.
Samuel S. Smith 1795–1812 First president of Hampden–Sydney College. College of New Jersey alumnus. Resigned after pressure from the university trustees and ongoing issues with the institution.
Ashbel Green 1812–1822 Third Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives. College of New Jersey alumnus. Resigned after his loss of confidence in the university trustees.
Philip Lindsley 1822–1823 First president of the now-defunct University of Nashville. College of New Jersey alumnus. Served as acting president.
James Carnahan 1823–1854 One of the founders of the Chi Phi fraternity. College of New Jersey alumnus.
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