University of Iowa Presidents

1. Amos Dean, 1855-1859
2. Silas Totten, 1859-1862
3. Oliver M. Spencer, 1862-1867
   Acting President: Nathan Ransom Leonard, 1867-1868
4. James Black, 1868-1870
   Acting President: Nathan Ransom Leonard, 1870-1871
5. George Thacher, 1871-1877
   Acting President: Christian W. Slagle, 1877-1878
6. Josiah Little Pickard, 1878-1887
7. Charles Ashmead Schaeffer, 1887-1898
   Acting President: Amos Noyes Currier, 1898-1899
8. George Edwin MacLean, 1899-1911
9. John Gabbert Bowman, 1911-1914
10. Thomas Huston Macbride, 1914-1916
11. Walter Albert Jessup, 1916-1934
12. Eugene Allen Gilmore, 1934-1940
    Acting President: Chester Arthur Phillips, 1940
13. Virgil Melvin Hancher, 1940-1964
14. Howard Rothmann Bowen, 1964-1969
15. Willard L. Boyd., 1969-1981
    Acting President: Duane C. Spriestersbach, 1981-82
16. James 0. Freedman, 1982-1987
    Acting President: Richard D. Remington, 1987-1988
17. Hunter R. Rawlings III, 1988-1995
    Acting President: Peter E. Nathan, 1995
18. Mary Sue Coleman, 1995-2002
    Interim President: Willard L. Boyd, 2002-2003
19. David J. Skorton, 2003-2006
    Interim President: Gary Fethke, 2006-2007
20. Sally K. Mason, 2007-