2015-2021 Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D.
2010-2015 Dennis A. Ahlburg, Ph.D.
1999-2010 John R. Brazil, Ph.D.
1979-1999 Ronald K. Calgaard, Ph.D.
1976-1979 Marion Bruce Thomas, Ph.D.*
1970-1976 Duncan Wimpress, Ph.D.
1951-1970 James Woodin Laurie, M.A., D.D.
1950-1951 Marion Bruce Thomas, Ph.D
1942-1950 Monroe D. Everett, D.D.
1937-1942 Frank L. Wear, D.D.
1934-1937 Raymond Hotchkiss Leach, Ph.D.
1933-1934 Samuel Lee Hornbeak, Ph.D., L.L.D.**
1921-1933 John Harmon Burma, D.D.
1907-1921 Samuel Lee Hornbeak, Ph.D., L.L.D.
1904-1906 Archelaus Ewing Turner, SC.D., L.L.D.
1902-1904 Leonidas C. Kirkes, A.M.
1901-1902 Jesse Anderson, Ph.D.
1896-1900 Luther Apelles Johnson, A.M.**
1890-1896 B. D. Cockrill, A.M.
1889-1890 Lunsford Dickens, Ph.D.
1885-1889 Luther Apelles Johnson, A.M.
1883-1885 Benjamin G. McLeskey, D.D.
1882-1883 S. T. Anderson, Ph.D.*
1877-1878 R. W. Pitman, M.A., D.D.*
1869-1882 William E. Beeson, D.D.

* acting president
** former president, chairman of faculty during interim