List of presidents of the University of Louisville

List of presidents of the University of Louisville There have been 28 presidents and 8 interim presidents of what is (or was once a part of) the University of Louisville:

Jefferson Seminary (1813–29) Mann Butler 1813–16 William Tompkins 1816–21 Charles M. M'Crohan 1821–25 Francis E. Goddard 1826–29

Louisville Collegiate Institute (1837–40) Benjamin F. Farnsworth 1837–38 John Hopkins Harney 1838–40

Louisville College (1840–46) John Hopkins Harney 1840–44

Louisville Medical Institute (1837–1846) John Rowan 1837–42 William Garvin 1842–43 James Guthrie 1843–46

University of Louisville (1846–present)

The following persons served as president of the University of Louisville since 1846:

ImagePresidentTerm startTerm end1Samuel Smith Nicholas184618472James Guthrie184718693Isaac Caldwell186918864James Speed Pirtle188619055Theodore L. Burnett190519116David William Fairleigh191119147Arthur Younger Ford191419268George Colvin19261928actingJohn Letcher Patterson192819299Raymond Asa Kent1929194310Einar William Jacobsen19431946actingFrederick William Stamm1946194711John Wilkinson Taylor19471950actingEli Huston Brown III1950195112Philip Grant Davidson1951196813Woodrow Mann Strickler19681972actingWilliam Ferdinand Ekstrom1972197314James Grier Miller19731980actingWilliam Ferdinand Ekstrom1980198115Donald C. Swain1981June 30, 199516John W. ShumakerJuly 1, 1995June 14, 2002 actingCarol GarrisonJune 15, 2002September 1, 2002 actingJames R. RamseySeptember 2, 2002November 14, 200217November 14, 2002July 27, 2016 actingNeville G. PintoJuly 27, 2016January 29, 2017 interimGregory C. PostelJanuary 30, 2017May 14, 201818 Neeli BendapudiMay 15, 2018December 13, 2021 interimLori Stewart GonzalezDecember 13, 2021January 31, 202319Kim SchatzelFebruary 1, 2023March 26, 2025 20Gerry BradleyMarch 26, 2025Present

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