The President of Oberlin College is the chief administrator of both Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current incumbent is Carmen Twillie Ambar.And Then There Were Three The Mass Media As part of Oberlin's inherent mission of a vastly interdisciplinary education, presidents have been chosen from a wide range of fields as diverse as musical performance (Starr), theology (Finney) physics (Fuller), law (Krislov), athletics (Stevenson) and pure mathematics (King). Thus, each president is a qualified academic professor who has the opportunity to teach classes.

Presidents of Oberlin College

The following persons have served as president of Oberlin College:

+ImagePresidentTerm startTerm endactingHenry Brown18341834actingJohn Keep183418351Asa Mahan18351850actingCharles Grandison Finney18491849actingJohn Morgan185018502Charles Grandison Finney18511866actingJohn Morgan185918593James Fairchild18661889actingFrances Drake Parish18711871actingJohn Millott Ellis18711871actingHenry Martyn Tenney188918914William Gay Ballantine18911896actingJames Harris Fairchild189618985John Henry Barrows1899June 3, 1902 actingJohn Guiteau Welch Cowles190219026Henry Churchill King19021927actingHenry Martyn Tenney19091910actingEdward Increase Bosworth191819197Ernest H. Wilkins192719468William Stevenson19461960actingWilliam Blair StewartDecember 1952March 1953actingDonald Melbourne LoveJune 1959September 19599Robert K. Carr19601969actingEllsworth Clayton Carlson1969197010Robert W. Fuller19701974actingEllsworth Clayton Carlson1974197511Emil DanenbergApril 1975January 16, 1982actingJames Lawrence PowellSeptember 1981July 198312S. Frederick StarrJuly 1, 1983June 30, 1994actingAlfred F. MacKayJuly 1991February 199213Nancy DyeJuly 1, 1994June 30, 2007actingClayton R. KoppesJuly 2000December 200014Marvin KrislovJuly 1, 2007June 30, 2017actingClayton R. KoppesJuly 1, 2017August 31, 201715Carmen Twillie AmbarSeptember 1, 2017present

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