List of Shimer College presidents

Former president Ed Noonan, former interim president David Shiner, former president Don Moon, current president Susan Henking, and former president William Craig Rice.

This is a list of presidents of Shimer College, from 1853 to the present.

List

# Name Term begin Term end Notes References
1 Frances Shimer 1853 1896 Title: Principal

Former schoolteacher

- Frank J. Miller 1896 1897 Title: Non-resident principal[1]

Professor at University of Chicago

[2]
2 William Parker McKee 1897 1930 Title: Dean

Former Baptist minister

[2]
3 Floyd Wilcox 1930 1935 Title: President [2]
- A. Beth Hostetter 1935 1936 [2]
4 Raymond Culver 1936 1938 Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College [2]
- A. Beth Hostetter 1938 1939 [2]
5 Albin C. Bro 1939 1949 Former staff at University of Chicago Press [2]
- John Russel 1949 1950 [3]
6 Aaron Brumbaugh 1950 1954 Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago [2][4]
7 Francis Joseph Mullin 1954 1968 Former professor of medicine at the University of Chicago [2]
8 Milburn Akers 1968 1970 Former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times [2]
9 Robert Spencer Long[2] 1970 1974 Formerly Dean at Roger Williams College
- Esther G. Weinstein 1974 1975 [2]
10 Ralph W. Conant 1975 1978 Urbanologist [2]
11 Donald P. Moon 1978 2004 Episcopal priest

Former nuclear reactor physicist

[2]
12 William Craig Rice 2004 2006 Former staff member at the American Academy for Liberal Education
- Ronald Champagne 2007 2009 Former administrator at Roosevelt University
13 Thomas K. Lindsay 2009 2010 Former director at the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Edward Noonan 2010 2012 Former architect
14 Susan Henking 2012 present Scholar of religious studies

Works cited

References

  1. "The Frances Shimer School of the University of Chicago". Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2. 1910. pp. 715–718.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.
  3. "Dr Russel Appointed As Frances Shimer College Acting Head". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1949-09-01.
  4. "Something for the Girls". Time. 1950-07-10.
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