List of presidents of the University of Iowa

This is a list of individuals who have served as president of the University of Iowa. Table of presidents

The following persons served as president of the University of Iowa:

Image Name Term start Term end 1Amos Dean185518592Silas Totten185918623Oliver M. Spencer18621867actingNathan Ransom Leonard186718684James Black18681870actingNathan Ransom Leonard187018715George Thacher18711877actingChristian W. Slagle187718786Josiah Little Pickard187818877Charles Ashmead Schaeffer18871898actingAmos Noyes Currier189818998George Edwin MacLean189919119John Gabbert Bowman1911191410Thomas Huston Macbride1914191611Walter Albert Jessup1916193412Eugene Allen Gilmore19341940actingChester Arthur Phillips1940194013Virgil Melvin Hancher1940196414Howard Rothmann Bowen1964196915Willard L. Boyd19691981actingDuane C. Spriestersbach1981198216James O. Freedman19821987actingRichard D. Remington1987198817Hunter R. Rawlings III19881995actingPeter E. NathanJuly 1, 1995December 30, 199518Mary Sue Coleman December 31, 1995July 31, 2002interimWillard L. BoydAugust 1, 2002April 30, 200319David J. SkortonMarch 1, 2003June 30, 2006 interimGary FethkeJuly 1, 2006July 31, 200720Sally MasonAugust 1, 2007July 31, 2015interimJean RobillardAugust 1, 2015November 1, 201521Bruce HarreldNovember 2, 2015May 16, 2021interimJohn KellerMay 17, 2021July 14, 202122Barbara J. WilsonJuly 15, 2021present

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