List of Presidents of Georgetown University

John J. DeGioia, current President of Georgetown University.

The President of Georgetown University is the chief executive officer of the University. He is an ex officio member of both the Board of Directors and the Corporation who, together with the board forms the President and Directors of Georgetown College.^[1] The President is elected by the Board of Directors to manage the day-to-day operations of the University.

With the concurrence of the Board, he is empowered to appoint the Provost, Secretary, Treasurer, and other University officials, including the deans of the subsidiary schools.^[1] He is also responsible for maintaining an adequate fundraising campaign in order to support the University's finances. In addition to his administrative duties, the President often retains his role as an academic professor and teaches courses to students.

Founder John Carroll was never president, though clearly held great influence in the school's early years. Georgetown has had forty-one presidents, though seven served two terms. John J. DeGioia is the first ever lay president of the school, and only the fourth non-Jesuit.^[2]

List of presidents

Number	Name	Start	End
1.	Rev. Robert Plunkett	1791	1793
2.	Rev. Robert Molyneux, S.J.	1793	1796
3.	Most Rev. Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg, S.S.	1796	1798
4.	Most Rev. Leonard Neale, S.J.	1798	1806
5.	Rev. Robert Molyneux, S.J.	1806	1808
6.	Rev. Francis Neale, S.J.	1809	1809
7.	Rev. William Matthews*	1809	1809
8.	Rev. Francis Neale, S.J.	1809	1812
9.	Rev. John A. Grassi, S.J.	1812	1817
10.	Most Rev. Benedict Joseph Fenwick S.J.*	1817	1817
11.	Rev. Anthony Kohlmann, S.J.	1817	1820
12.	Rev. Enoch Fenwick, S.J.	1820	1822
13.	Most Rev. Benedict Joseph Fenwick S.J.*	1822	1825
14.	Rev. Stephen L. Dubuisson, S.J.*	1825	1826
15.	Rev. William Feiner, S.J.	1826	1829
16.	Rev. John W. Beschter, S.J.	1829	1829
17.	Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J.*	1829	1837
18.	Rev. William McSherry, S.J.*	1838	1840
19.	Rev. Joeseph A. Lopez, S.J.	1840	1840
20.	Rev. James A. Ryder, S.J.*	1840	1845
21.	Rev. Samuel Mulledy, S.J.*	1845	1845
22.	Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J.*	1845	1848
23.	Rev. James A. Ryder, S.J.*	1848	1851
24.	Rev. Charles H. Stonestreet, S.J.*	1851	1852
25.	Rev. Bernard A. Maguire, S.J.*	1853	1858
26.	Rev. John Early, S.J.*	1858	1866
27.	Rev. Bernard A. Maguire, S.J.*	1866	1870
28.	Rev. John Early, S.J.*	1870	1873
29.	Rev. Patrick F. Healy, S.J.	1874	1882
30.	Rev. James A. Doonan, S.J.*	1882	1888
31.	Rev. J. Havens Richards, S.J.	1888	1898
32.	Rev. John D. Whitney, S.J.	1898	1901
33.	Rev. Jerome Daugherty, S.J.	1901	1905
34.	Rev. David H. Buel, S.J.	1905	1908
35.	Rev. Joseph J. Himmel, S.J.	1908	1912
36.	Rev. Alphonsus J. Donlon, S.J.*	1912	1918
37.	Rev. John B. Creeden, S.J.	1918	1924
38.	Rev. Charles W. Lyons, S.J.	1924	1928
39.	Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S.J.	1928	1935
40.	Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S.J.	1935	1942
41.	Rev. Lawrence C. Gorman, S.J.	1942	1949
42.	Rev. J. Hunter Guthrie, S.J.	1949	1952
43.	Rev. Edward B. Bunn, S.J.	1952	1964
44.	Rev. Gerard J. Campbell, S.J.	1964	1969
45.	Rev. Robert J. Henle, S.J.	1969	1976
46.	Rev. Timothy Healy, S.J.	1976	1989
47.	Rev. Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J.*	1989	2001
48.	John J. DeGioia*	2001

* denotes Georgetown alumni^[3]

Notes

1. "Bylaws of the President and Georgetown College". 2000-05-11. Archived from the original on 2005-04-08. Retrieved 2005-05-07.
2. "Biography". Georgetown University. February 2005. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
3. "Georgetown University Presidents". The Hoya. 2001-02-16. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-01. External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Office of the President list