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List of presidents of the University of Virginia

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The following is a list of presidents of the University of Virginia.

Presidents

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Image President Years
No President[1] 1825–1904
Edwin Anderson Alderman 1904–1931
John Lloyd Newcomb 1931–1947
Colgate W. Darden Jr. 1947–1959
Edgar F. Shannon Jr. 1959–1974
Frank L. Hereford Jr. 1974–1985
Robert M. O’Neil 1985–1990
John T. Casteen III 1990–2010
Teresa A. Sullivan 2010–2018[2][3]
James E. Ryan 2018–present

References

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  1. ^ In Thomas Jefferson's original plan the faculty, counseled by a Board of Visitors, governed the University. By the turn of the century, the school had grown larger and more complex, and the Visitors saw the need to appoint a president. When Woodrow Wilson, a University of Virginia law graduate yet to be president, declined the offer, they turned to Edwin Anderson Alderman, well known as an innovative educator in the South and a great orator across the nation. Alderman was inaugurated on Founder's Day, April 13, 1905. Within a year, Alderman had seen to the opening of a school of education at the University.
  2. ^ Pérez-Peña, Richard (2012-06-26). "Ousted Head of University Is Reinstated in Virginia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  3. ^ Kapsidelis, Karin. "U.Va. President Sullivan will leave when her contract ends, asks board to begin search for replacement". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2019-04-22.