Presidents of the university:
- Reverend Hosea Ballou II
(1853–1861)
- Reverend Alonzo Ames
Miner (1862–1875)
- Reverend Elmer Hewitt
Capen (1875–1905)
- Reverend Frederick W. Hamilton (1905–1912)
- William Leslie
Hooper (1912–1914)
- Hermon Carey
Bumpus (1914–1919)
- John Albert
Cousens (1919–1937)
- Leonard Carmichael
(1938–1952)
- Nils Vngve Wessell
(1953–1966)
- Burton
Crosby Hallowell (1967–1976)
- Jean Mayer (1976–1992)
- John DiBaggio (1992–2001)
- Lawrence S. Bacow (2001–present)