Presidents

The following men have served as president, or president pro tem, of Centre College.

James McChord, March 4, 1820-May 29, 1820

(The trustees elected McChord as Centre's first president. He suddenly died less than three months later before ever assuming the presidency.)

Samuel Finley, president pro tem, 1822

Jeremiah Chamberlain, December 21, 1822-August 12, 1826

David C. Procter, president pro tem, October 27, 1826-circa July 1827

Gideon Blackburn, August 1, 1827-October 26, 1830

John C. Young, November 1830-June 23, 1857

(Young died in office.)

Lewis W. Green, January 1, 1858-May 26, 1863

(Green died in office.)

William L. Breckinridge, October 15, 1863-November 1868

Ormond Beatty, president pro tem, 1868

Ormond Beatty, September 1, 1870-1888

William C. Young, June 19, 1888-September 16, 1896

(Young died in office.)

John C. Fales, president pro tem, 1896

William C. Roberts, June 7, 1898-November 27, 1903

(Roberts died in office.)

Frederick W. Hinitt, April 7, 1904-January 1, 1915

John W. Redd, president pro tem, 1914

William A. Ganfield, 1915-1921

R. Ames Montgomery, 1922-March 9, 1926

Charles G. Crooks, president pro tem, 1926

Charles J. Turck, 1927-1936

Frank L. Rainey, president pro tem, 1936

Robert L. McLeod, Jr., 1938-November 1945

(McLeod was on a leave of abscence from 1942-1945 serving as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy.)

James H. Hewlett, president pro tem, 1942-1944

Robert J. McMullen, September 1944-Fall 1946

(McLeod and McMullen served as co-presidents from 1944-1945)

James H. Hewlett, president pro tem, 1946

Walter A. Groves, January 1947-June 3, 1957

William B. Guerrant, acting president, June 3, 1957-November 1957

Thomas A. Spragens, November 11, 1957-November 16, 1981

Edgar C. Reckard, president pro tem, 1981

Richard L. Morrill, 1982-September 30, 1988

William H. Breeze, acting president, October 1, 1988-

Michael F. Adams, 1988-Summer 1997

Milton M. Reigelman, acting president, September 1, 1997-June 1998

John A. Roush, July 1, 1998-