List of presidents of the University of Pennsylvania

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The following is a list of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, which began operating in 1751 as a secondary school, the Academy of Philadelphia, and added an institution of higher learning in 1755, the College of Philadelphia.

A 1777 portrait of Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
Rev.John Andrews,D.D., Provost 1810-1813


Provost [note 1] birth–death Years as provost Name of institution Notes
1 The Reverend George Whitefield [note 2] 1714–1770 1740–1749 Unnamed Charity School [note 3]
2 Benjamin Franklin [note 4] 1706–1790 1749–1754 Academy of Philadelphia
3 The Reverend William Smith 1727–1803 1754–1779 College of Philadelphia American Revolution
4 The Reverend John Ewing 1732–1802 1779–1802 University of Pennsylvania American Revolution
5 The Reverend William Smith 1751–1820 1802–1806 University of Pennsylvania
6 The Reverend John McDowell 1732–1802 1807–1810 University of Pennsylvania
7 The Reverend John Andrews 1746–1813 1810–1813 University of Pennsylvania
8 The Reverend Frederick Beasley 1777–1845 1813–1828 University of Pennsylvania
9 The Right Reverend William Heathcote DeLancey 1797–1865 1828–1834 University of Pennsylvania
10 The Reverend John Ludlow 1793–1857 1834–1852 University of Pennsylvania
11 The Reverend Henry Vethake 1790–1866 1853–1859 University of Pennsylvania
13 The Reverend Daniel Goodwin 1811–1890 1860–1868 University of Pennsylvania
14 Charles Janeway Stillé 1819–1899 1868–1880 University of Pennsylvania
15 William Pepper 1843–1898 1881–1894 University of Pennsylvania
16 Charles Custis Harrison 1844–1929 1894–1910 University of Pennsylvania
17 Edgar Fahs Smith 1854–1928 1910–1920 University of Pennsylvania
18 Josiah Harmar Penniman 1868–1940 1923–1930 University of Pennsylvania
Presidents of the University of Pennsylvania Years as president
1 Thomas Sovereign Gates 1930–1944
2 George William McClelland 1944–1948
3 Harold Edward Stassen 1948–1953
- William Hagan DuBarry 1953–1953, Acting President
4 Gaylord Probasco Harnwell 1953–1970
5 Martin Meyerson 1970–1981
6 Sheldon Hackney 1981–1993
- Claire Fagin 1993–1994, Interim President
7 Judith Rodin 1994–2004
8 Amy Gutmann 2004–present

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