The President and Trustees of Colby College is an 501(c) organization which is the governing body of Colby College, a private liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine, United States. As of 2017, the president is David A. Greene, and the chair of the board is Eric S. Rosengren.

The organization provides general supervision of the administration and property of the college, including appointment of the president.

The bylaws of the corporation provide that membership shall consist of the current President, and not fewer than twenty-four nor more than thirty-five other trustees. Not fewer than six nor more than nine trustees shall be elected by the Colby College Alumni Association. The term of office of each trustee lasts five years. The corporation meets three times annually. Both the faculty and the student body may elect two members each as representatives to attend meetings of the corporation, but not as voting members.

Presidents

Order Name Position(s) Term began Term ended Alumnus/na? Reference 1 Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin President 1822 1833 no 2 Rev. Rufus Babcock President 1833 1836 no 3 Robert Everett Pattison President 1836 1839 no 4 Eliphaz Fay President 1841 1843 no 5 David Newton Sheldon President 1843 1853 no 6 Robert Everett Pattison President 1854 1857 no 7 James Tift Champlin President 1857 1873 no 8 Henry Ephraim Robins President 1873 1882 no 9 George Dana Boardman Pepper President 1882 1889 no 10 Albion Woodbury Small President 1889 1892 1876 The Colby College Echo, Friday, September 27, 1889, Page: 6 11 Beniah Longley Whitman President 1892 1895 no 12 Nathaniel Butler Jr. President 1896 1901 1873 13 Charles Lincoln White President 1901 1908 no 14 Arthur J. Roberts President 1908 1927 1890 15 Franklin W. Johnson President 1929 1942 1891 16 J. Seelye Bixler President 1942 1960 no 17 Robert E. L. Strider President 1960 1979 no 18 William R. Cotter President 1979 2000 no 19 William Drea Adams President 2000 2014 no 20 David A. Greene President 2014 present no

Trustees Chairs of the board Order Name Graduated Elected Left/retired Reference1Abner Coburn n/a 1874 1885 "Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College." Appendix C. Earl H. Smith. University Press of New England. 2006.2J. Warren Merrill n/a 1885 1890 3Josiah Hayden Drummond n/a 1890 1892 4Percival Bonney 1863 1902 1906 5Leslie C. Cornish 1875 1907 1926 6Herbert Elijah Wadsworth 1892 1926 1934 7George Otis Smith 1893 1934 1944 8George Goodwin Averill 1921 1944 1946 9Neil Leonard 1921 1946 1960 10Reginald Houghton Sturtevant 1921 1960 1965 11Ellerton Marcel Jette n/a 1965 1971 12Albert Carlton Palmer 1930 1971 1979 13Robert N. Anthony 1938 1979 1983 14H. Ridgely Bullock 1955 1983 1991 15Lawrence Pugh 1956 1991 1999 16James Bartlett Crawford 1964 1999 2005 17Joseph F. Boulos 1968 2005 2009 18Robert E. Diamond, Jr. 1973 2009 2016 19Eric S. Rosengren19792016202220Jane M. Powers 1986 2022 present

Other notable trustees Name Graduated Elected Left/retired ReferenceMark Langdon Hill n/a 1821 1826 "The History of Colby College". Ernest Cummings Marriner. Waterville: Colby College Press. 1963.Lucius Bolles n/a 1821 1842 Adoniram Judson n/a 1821 1823 William King n/a 1821 1848 Mark Harris n/a 1821 1842 Albion Parris n/a 1823 1826 Joseph Torrey n/a 1829 1834 Baron Stow n/a 1830 1852 Jeremiah Chaplin n/a 1833 1840 George Evans n/a 1837 1847 Edward Kent n/a 1838 1847 Samuel Francis Smith n/a 1840 1860 Elijah Hamlin n/a 1841 1847 Josiah Pierce n/a 1843 1858 Abner Coburn n/a 1845 1885 Hiram Belcher n/a 1847 1856 Isaac Davis n/a 1847 1855 Edgar Harkness Gray 1838 1849 1853 John Hubbard n/a 1849 1862 Ebenezer Knowlton n/a 1851 1858 Mark H. Dunnell 1849 1858 1867 Lot M. Morrill n/a 1862 1869 J. Warren Merrill n/a 1862 1890 Gardner Colby n/a 1865 1879 Henry Sweetser Burrage n/a 1881 1906 George Dana Boardman Pepper n/a 1882 1892 Richard C. Shannon 1862 1889 1921 Albion Woodbury Small n/a 1890 1897 Beniah Longley Whitman n/a 1892 1896 Eugene Foss n/a 1897 1915 Eugene Hale n/a 1897 1899 George C. Wing Jr. n/a 1901 1931 George Otis Smith 1893 1903 1943 Asher Hinds 1883 1904 1919 Forrest Goodwin 1887 1908 1913 Louise Helen Coburn 1876 1919 1930 Herbert Lord 1884 1920 1925 Franklin W. Johnson 1891 1920 1955 Warren C. Philbrook n/a 1923 1933 Angier Goodwin 1902 1932 1934 Bainbridge Colby LL.D. 1933 1932 1942 Marston Morse 1914 1933 1947 Mary Louise Curtis Bok n/a 1936 1939 Carl Raymond Gray n/a 1938 1939 Guy Gabrielson n/a 1941 1959 Sumner Sewall n/a 1945 1960 Winthrop H. Smith n/a 1946 1958 J. Seelye Bixler n/a 1957 1985 Dwight E. Sargent 1939 1958 Paul Donnelly Paganucci n/a 1975 2001 Robert E. L. Strider II Litt.D. 1979 1979 2010 Levin H. Campbell n/a 1981 1999 Robert E. Diamond, Jr. 1973, LL.D. 2008 2007 Robert S. Gelbard 1964, LL.D. 2002 2008 William R. Cotter LL.D. 2000 2014 Life Trustee

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