List of Presidents of

Yale University

Woodbridge Hall, location of the university

president's office.

Yale University was founded in 1701 as a

school for Congregationalist ministers.
One of its ten founding ministers,
Abraham Pierson, became its first Rector,
the administrative and ecclesiastical
head of the college. After Pierson, four
more ministers served as rectors of the
collegiate school, until 1745 when Yale
College was chartered by the Colony of
Connecticut and Thomas Clap's title was
changed to president. In 1878, Yale
incorporated as a university, and
incumbent Timothy Dwight V became the
last President of the college and the first
of Yale University. The first president not
ordained as a minister was Arthur
Twining Hadley, inaugurated in 1899; no
ordained person has held the office
since.
The President is elected by the Yale
Corporation, the governing body of the
University on which the president sits ex-
officio. The Corporation's bylaws state
that the President is "chief executive
officer of the University and as such is
responsible for the general direction of
all its affairs."[1] The President nominates
other university officers, including the
Provost, Secretary, and other Vice
Presidents, for election by the
Corporation. Other top-level
administrative positions, such as
University Chaplain, Deans of schools,
and Masters of residential colleges, are
appointed by the President alone.
The university's current President is Peter
Salovey, a professor of social psychology
who formerly served as University
Provost and Dean of Yale College and
received his Ph.D. from Yale's Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences.

The Office of the President is located in

Woodbridge Hall, a 1901 building erected
specifically for administrative purpose.[2]
The university maintains an official home
for the President on Hillhouse Avenue,
which hosts presidential events. Peter
Salovey, inaugurated in 2013, is the first
President since 1986 to use the home as
his primary residence.[3]
Ezra Stiles, by Samuel King

Rectors of Yale College

(1701–)
 Rectors of
birth–
Yale years as rector
death
College[4]
Abraham (1641– (1701–1707)
1
Pierson 1707) Collegiate School
Samuel (1656– (1707–1719; pro
2
Andrew 1738) tempore)
(1719–1726)
Timothy (1684–
3 1718/9: renamed
Cutler 1765)
Yale College
Elisha (1694–
4 (1726–1739)
Williams 1755)
Thomas (1703–
5 (1740–1745)
Clap 1767)

Presidents of Yale College

(1740–1878) and Yale
University (1878–)
 Presidents
birth–
of Yale years as president
death
College[4]
Thomas (1703–
5 (1745–1766)
Clap 1767)
(1766–1777; pro
tempore) -
Naphtali (1727–
6 presidency during
Daggett 1780)
the American
Revolution
(1778–1795) -
(1727– presidency during
7 Ezra Stiles
1795) the American
Revolution
Timothy (1752–
8 (1795–1817)
Dwight IV 1817)
9 Jeremiah (1773– (1817–1846)
 Day 1867)
Theodore
(1801–
10 Dwight (1846–1871)
1889)
Woolsey
Noah (1811–
11 (1871–1886)
Porter III 1892)
(1886–1899) 1887:
Timothy (1828–
12 renamed Yale
Dwight V 1916)
University
Arthur
(1856–
13 Twining (1899–1921)
1930)
Hadley
James
(1869–
14 Rowland (1921–1937)
1949)
Angell
Charles (1885–
15 (1937–1951)
Seymour 1963)
16 Alfred (1906– (1951–1963)
Whitney 1963)
Griswold
Kingman
(1919–
17 Brewster, (1963–1977)
1988)
Jr.
Hanna
(1930– (1977–1978; pro
18 Holborn
) tempore)
Gray
A. Bartlett (1938–
19 (1978–1986)
Giamatti 1989)
Benno C.
(1942–
20 Schmidt, (1986–1992)
)
Jr.
Howard R. (1923– (1992–1993;
21
Lamar ) acting)
22 Richard C. (1947– (1993–2013 )
 Levin )
Peter (1958–
23 (2013–present )
Salovey )

References
1. "The Yale Corporation Bylaws" . The
President and Fellows of Yale University.
28 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February
2014.
2. "New Building for Yale" . The New York
Times. 28 October 1900. Retrieved
3 February 2014.
3. Zorthian, Julia (25 April 2013). "Salovey
to reside in president's house" . Retrieved
15 July 2013.
4. "Rectors & Presidents" . Yale University
Library. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

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