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Penn-Trained Presidents: A Selected Roster
of Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Trustees
of the University of Pennsylvania
Who Have Served as Chief Executive Officers of Institutions of Higher Education
Researched, compiled and presented
by
Scott W. Hawley (B.A., 1992; B.S. in Econ., 1992)
in partnership with the University Archives and Records Center
Published July 2003
| Humphrey R. Tonkin. (1939- ) | Penn's College and University Presidents Arranged by surname in alphabetical order Surnames ending in K through Z |
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Note to the reader: All abbreviations and phrases used in the standard entries below are intended to be self-explanatory. The editors have given special attention to abbreviations used for academic degrees. Abbreviations for academic degrees are spelled out in the entry of first instance.
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| Orville Edward KEAN | Born 1938; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), 1971; President of the University of the Virgin Islands, 1990-2002; living. |
| George KIDD, Jr. | Born 1938; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1968; President of Tiffin University, 1981-2002; living. |
| A. Richard KNEEDLER | Born 1943; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1970; President of Franklin and Marshall College, 1988-2002; living. |
| Donald N. LANGENBERG | Born 1932; University of Pennsylvania: Assistant Professor of Physics, 1960-1964; Associate Professor of Physics, 1964-1967; Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, 1967-1983; Hon. Sc.D. (Doctor of Science), 1985; Trustee, 1990-2000; Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, 1990-2002; living. |
| Arnold J. LEVINE | Born 1939; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1966; Hon. Sc.D., 1996; President of Rockefeller University, 1998-2002; living. |
| Peter J. LIACOURAS | Born 1931; University of Pennsylvania: LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws, Law School), 1956; President of Temple University, 1982-2000; Chancellor of Temple University, 2000-present; living. |
| Anthony W. MARX | Born 1959; University of Pennsylvania: Special Assistant to the President, 1981-1983; President of Amherst College, 2003-present; living. |
| Richard Sharpe MASON | Born 1795; University of Pennsylvania: A.B. (Bachelor of Arts), 1812; Hon. D.D. (Doctor of Divinity), 1830; President of Geneva College (now Hobart and William Smith Colleges), 1830-1835; President of Newark College (now University of Delaware), 1835-1837; died 1874. |
| George William MCCLELLAND | Born 1880; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1903; A.M., 1912; Ph.D., 1916; Assistant Professor of English, 1917-1925; Director of Admissions, 1921-1931; Vice Provost and Professor of English, 1925-1951; Hon. LL.D., 1931; Vice President in charge of the Undergraduate Schools, 1931-1939; Provost, 1939-1944; President of the University of Pennsylvania, 1944-1948; Chairman, 1948-1951; Trustee, 1948-1955; died 1955. |
| Irving P. MCPHAIL | Born 1949; University of Pennsylvania: Ed.D. (Doctor of Education, School of Education), 1976; President of Lemoyne-Owen College, 1993-1995; President of St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, 1995-1998; Chancellor of the Community College of Baltimore County, 1998-present; living. |
| Martin MEYERSON | Born 1922; University of Pennsylvania: Professor of City and Regional Planning, 1956-1957; Hon LL.D., 1970; President of the University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1981; living. |
| Kenneth P. MORTIMER | Born 1939; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1960; M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce), 1962; President of Western Washington University, 1988-1993; President of the University of Hawai'i, 1993-2001; living. |
| Henry MORTON | Born 1836; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1857; Hon. Sc.D., 1897; Professor of Chemistry, 1869-1870; President of Stevens Institute of Technology, 1870-1902; died 1902. |
| John J. MULLOWNEY | Born 1878; University of Pennsylvania: M.D., 1908; President of Meharry Medical College, 1921-1938; died 1952. |
| Franklin David MURPHY | Born 1916; University of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1941; Chancellor of the University of Kansas, 1951-1959; Chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1968; died 1994. |
| Frederick C. NAHM | Born 1947; University of Pennsylvania: Vice President for Development and Community Relations, 1986-1991; Senior Vice President for Planning and Development, 1991-1993; President of Knox College, 1993-1998; living. |
| Merle M. ODGERS | Born 1900; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1922; A.M. (Master of Arts), 1924; Ph.D., 1928; Hon. Litt.D. (Doctor of Letters), 1948; Assistant Professor of Latin, 1928-1936; Professor of Latin, 1936; Dean of the College of Liberal Arts for Women, 1933-1936; President of Bucknell University, 1954-1964; died 1983. |
| John Grubb PARKE | Born 1827; Attended the College of the University of Pennsylvania, 1843-1844, but did not earn a degree; Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, 1887-1889; died 1900. |
| William Platt PEPPER | Born 1837;
University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1857; President of the Pennsylvania Museum and
School of Industrial Art (now Philadelphia
University), 1882-1894; died 1907. |
| Austin A. PHELPS | Born 1820; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1837; President of Andover Theological Seminary, 1869-1879 (now Andover Newton Theological School); died 1890. |
| Jesus T. PINERO | Born 1897; Attended Towne School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1915-1916, but did not earn a degree; Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, 1946-1948; died 1952. |
| John Edwin POMFRET | Born 1898; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1920; A.M., 1922; Ph.D., 1928; Hon. LL.D., 1943; President of the College of William and Mary, 1942-1951; died 1981. |
| Steven G. POSKANZER | Born 1959; University of Pennsylvania, Assistant General Counsel, 1985-1988; Associate General Counsel, 1988-1993; President of the State University of New York at New Paltz, 2001-present; living. |
| Cornelius William PRETTYMAN | Born 1872; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1899; President of Dickinson College, 1944-1946; died 1946. |
| Thomas READ | Born 1746; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1766; President of Newark Academy (now the University of Delaware), 1805-1818; died 1823. |
| Irvin D. REID | Born 1940; University of Pennsylvania: A.M., 1970; Ph.D., 1975; President of Montclair State University, 1989-1997; President of Wayne State University, 1997-present; living. |
| Oscar E. REMICK | Born 1932; University of Pennsylvania: A.M., 1957; President of Alma College, 1980-1987; President of Westminster College, 1987-1997; Chancellor of Westminster College, 1997-2002; died 2002. |
| Earl S. RICHARDSON | Born 1944; University of Pennsylvania: Ed.D., 1976; President of Morgan State University, 1984-present; living. |
| Judith S. RODIN | Born 1944; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1966; President of the University of Pennsylvania, 1994-present; living. |
| Mordechai ROZANSKI | Born 1947; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1974; President of the University of Guelph, 1993-2003; President of Rider University, 2003-present; living. |
| L. Timothy RYAN | Born 1958; University of Pennsylvania: Ed.D., 2003; President of the Culinary Institute of America, 2001-present; living. |
| Charles Ashmead SCHAEFFER | Born 1843; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1861; President of Iowa State University, 1887-1898; died 1898. |
| Charles Frederick SCHAEFFER | Born 1807; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1827; President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia, 1864-1879; died 1879. |
| Morton Owen SCHAPIRO | Born 1953; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1979; President of Williams College, 2000-present; living. |
| Stephen D. SCHUTT | Born 1954; University of Pennsylvania: Chief of Staff, 1995-2001; Vice President, 1996-2001; President of Lake Forest College, 2001-present; living. |
| Thomas F. SCHUTTE | Born 1936; University of Pennsylvania: Assistant Professor of Marketing, 1966-1971; Assistant Dean of Wharton and Associate Professor of Marketing, 1971-1975; President of the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts), 1975-1983; President of the Rhode Island School of Design, 1983-1994; President of Pratt Institute, 2000-present; living. |
| John Ahlum SHAEFFER | Born 1886; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1908; Hon. LL.D., 1940; President of Franklin and Marshall College, 1935-1941; died 1941. |
| John W. SHUMAKER | Born 1942; University of Pennsylvania: A.M., 1966; Ph.D., 1969; President of Central Connecticut State University, 1987-1995; President of the University of Louisville, 1995-2002; President of the University of Tennessee, 2002-present; living. |
| Hugo F. SONNENSCHEIN | Born 1941; University of Pennsylvania: Thomas S. Gates Professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, 1988-1991; President of the University of Chicago, 1993-2000; living. |
| Axel D. STEUER | Born 1943; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1974; President of Gustavus Adolphus College, 1991-2002; President of Illinois College, 2003-present; living. |
| Donald M. STEWART | Born 1938; University of Pennsylvania: Executive Assistant to the President, 1970-1972; President of Spelman College, 1976-1987; living. |
| Richard J. STONESIFER | Born 1922; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1953; President of Monmouth University, 1971-1979; died 1999. |
| Jon C. STRAUSS | Born 1940; University
of Pennsylvania: Director of Computing Activities, 1974-1975; Executive Director
of the University Budget, 1975-1979; Vice President of Budget and Finance, 1979-1980;
Professor of Computer and Information Science and Professor of Management, 1974-1975,
Professor of Decision Science, 1975-1980; President of Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, 1986-1994; President of Harvey
Mudd College, 1997-present; living. |
| David A. TEUTSCH | Born 1950; University of Pennsylvania: Ph.D., 1991; President of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1993-2002; living. |
| Samuel O. THIER | Born 1937; University of Pennsylvania: Associate Professor of Medicine, 1969-1972; Professor of Medicine, 1972-1975; President of Brandeis University, 1991-1994; living. |
| Shirley M. Caldwell TILGHMAN | Born
1946; University of Pennsylvania: Adjunct Associate Professor of Human Genetics
and Biochemistry, 1980-1986; President of Princeton
University, 2001-present; living. |
| Humphrey R. TONKIN | Born 1939; University of Pennsylvania: Assistant Professor of English, 1966-1971; Associate Professor, 1971-1980; Professor of English, 1980-1983; President of the State University of New York at Potsdam, 1983-1989; President of the University of Hartford, 1989-1999; living. |
| Norman Hawes TOPPING | Born 1908; University of Pennsylvania: Vice President of Medical Affairs, 1952-1958; Chancellor of the University of Southern California, 1971-1980; died 1997. |
| Rexford G. TUGWELL | Born 1891; University of Pennsylvania: B.S. in Econ. (Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School), 1915 ; A.M., 1916; Ph.D., 1922; Hon. LL.D., 1971; Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, 1941-1946; died 1979. |
| Claude R. WELCH | Born 1922; University of Pennsylvania: Berg Professor of Religious Thought, 1960-1971; President of Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, 1971-1982; living. |
| James Patriot WILSON | Born 1809; University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1826; Hon. D.D., 1848; President of Delaware College (now the University of Delaware), 1847-1850; died 1889. |
| Mark G. YUDOF | Born 1944; University of Pennsylvania: A.B., 1965; LL.B., 1968; President of the University of Minnesota, 1997-2002; Chancellor of the University of Texas System, 2002-present; living. |
| Paul J. ZINGG | Born 1945; University of Pennsylvania: assistant to the president, 1983-1986; vice dean for undergraduate studies and admissions, 1979-1983; assistant dean for academic advising, 1978-1979; adjunct assistant/associate professor of American civilization, 1978-1986; California State University, Chico: president, 2004-present; living. |
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