List of Presidents of Yale University
Presidents of Yale College (1740–1878) and Yale University (1878–)

List of Presidents of Yale University

Section Title: Presidents of Yale College (1740–1878) and Yale University (1878–)
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Presidents of Yale College	birth–death	years as president

5	Thomas Clap	(1703–1767)	(1745–1766)

6	Naphtali Daggett	(1727–1780)	(1766–1777; pro tempore) - presidency during the American Revolution

7	Ezra Stiles	(1727–1795)	(1778–1795) - presidency during the American Revolution

8	Timothy Dwight IV	(1752–1817)	(1795–1817)

9	Jeremiah Day	(1773–1867)	(1817–1846)

10	Theodore Dwight Woolsey	(1801–1889)	(1846–1871)

11	Noah Porter III	(1811–1892)	(1871–1886)

12	Timothy Dwight V	(1828–1916)	(1886–1899) 1887: renamed Yale University

13	Arthur Twining Hadley	(1856–1930)	(1899–1921)

14	James Rowland Angell	(1869–1949)	(1921–1937)

15	Charles Seymour	(1885–1963)	(1937–1951)

16	Alfred Whitney Griswold	(1906–1963)	(1951–1963)

17	Kingman Brewster, Jr.	(1919–1988)	(1963–1977)

18	Hanna Holborn Gray	(1930– )	(1977–1978; pro tempore)

19	A. Bartlett Giamatti	(1938–1989)	(1978–1986)

20	Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.	(1942– )	(1986–1992)

21	Howard R. Lamar	(1923– )	(1992–1993; acting)

22	Richard C. Levin	(1947– )	(1993–2013 )

23	Peter Salovey	(1958– )	(2013–present )

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