List of presidents of Tufts University

The president of Tufts University is the chief administrator of the university and is appointed by the chair of the Board of Trustees of Tufts College.[1] The president is appointed by the board who leads and directs the university. The current incumbent is Sunil Kumar.

Presidents of Tufts

The following persons have served as president of Tufts University:[2]

No. Image President Tufts class Term start Term end Ref.
1 Hosea Ballou II[a]
(1796–1861)		 – 1853 1860
acting Oliver Dean[b]
(1783–1871)		 – 1860 1862 [3]
2 Alonzo Ames Miner[c]
(1814–1895)		 – 1862 1875
3 Elmer Hewitt Capen[d]
(1838–1905)		 1860 1875 March 22, 1905[e]
4 Frederick W. Hamilton[f]
(1860–1940)		 1860 1905 1912
acting William Leslie Hooper
(1855–1918)		 1877 1912 1914
5 Hermon Carey Bumpus
(1862–1943)		 1905 1915 1919
6 John Albert Cousens[g]
(1874–1937)		 1898 1919 July 2, 1937[e]
acting George Stewart Miller
(1884–1971)		 1906 1937 1938
7 Leonard Carmichael
(1898–1973)		 1920 1938 1952
8 Nils Yngve Wessell
(1914–2007)		 – 1953 1966
acting Leonard Chapin Mead
(1913–2002)		 – September 1, 1966 1967
9 Burton Crosby Hallowell
(1915–2006)		 – 1967 June 30, 1976 [4]
10 Jean Mayer
(1920–1993)		 – July 1, 1976 August 31, 1992 [5][6]
11 John A. DiBiaggio
(1932–2020)		 – September 1, 1992 August 31, 2001 [7][8]
12 Lawrence S. Bacow
(1951–)		 – September 1, 2001 July 31, 2011 [9][10][11][12]
13 Anthony Monaco[h]
(1959–)		 – August 1, 2011 June 30, 2023 [13][14][15]
14 Sunil Kumar
 – July 1, 2023 present [16]

Table notes:

  1. ^ Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill.
  2. ^ founded Dean Academy in 1865
  3. ^ Expansion and Civil War
  4. ^ First alum to be president
  5. ^ a b Died in office
  6. ^ Jackson College for Women founded
  7. ^ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded
  8. ^ Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

References

  1. ^ "Office of the Trustees". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Tufts Presidency". Tufts University.
  3. ^ "Anniversary Meetings: Tufts College". Boston Evening Transcript. May 29, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tufts Appoints a New President". The New York Times. January 5, 1967. p. 21.
  5. ^ Takeshita, Kenichi (March 22, 1976). "Jean Mayer to Be Appointed president of Tufts University". The Harvard Crimson.
  6. ^ Butterfield, Fox (April 1, 1992). "After 16 Years as President of Tufts, Scientist Counts His Achievements". The New York Times. p. B9.
  7. ^ "Tufts Picks Michigan State's Leader as New President". The New York Times. May 20, 1992. p. B8.
  8. ^ "Tufts University President Is to Retire". September 13, 2000. p. A20.
  9. ^ "President Emeritus Lawrence S. Bacow". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  10. ^ "Tufts chooses MIT Chancellor Bacow as new president". The Tufts Daily. March 31, 2001.
  11. ^ "Lawrence S. Bacow to Step Down Next Year". Tufts Journal. February 3, 2010.
  12. ^ "Bacow Out, Monaco in as Tufts President". InsideMedford. August 1, 2011.
  13. ^ "Biography – Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  14. ^ "Anthony P. Monaco, President". Tufts University.
  15. ^ "Tufts President Anthony Monaco to Step Down in Summer 2023". Tufts Now. Tufts University. February 14, 2022.
  16. ^ McNeil, Taylor (November 17, 2022). "Sunil Kumar Appointed Tufts University's Next President". Tufts Now. Tufts University.
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