page_title: List of presidents of Pacific Union College
hierarchical_section_title: List of presidents of Pacific Union College
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photo of the main campus sign (Pacific Union College) I that I took with my own digital camera
context_page_description: Twenty-one individuals have served as the president of Pacific Union College since its founding in 1882 as Healdsburg Academy.
  Pacific Union College is a private liberal arts college in California's Napa Valley. The school's focus is on undergraduate education. There are approximately 1,500 undergraduate students. The school is affiliated with the Adventist Church. Its primary campus is located in Angwin. It also operates the Albion Field Station and a branch program of its nursing department at Travis Air Force Base. It was founded in 1882, becoming the second college founded by the Adventist Church. It was the first Adventist College to become accredited.
  The first eight presidents led the school while it was on its Healdsburg campus. The last of these was Lucas Reed whose tenure ended in 1908 at the same time the school moved to Angwin. Charles Walter Irwin became the first person to be selected as president of Pacific Union College on its Angwin Campus in 1908 and led the school at its new location for thirteen years. The president who has served the longest tenure to date is Malcolm Maxwell, who served eighteen years.
context_section_description: Twenty-one individuals have served as the president of Pacific Union College since its founding in 1882 as Healdsburg Academy.
  Pacific Union College is a private liberal arts college in California's Napa Valley. The school's focus is on undergraduate education. There are approximately 1,500 undergraduate students. The school is affiliated with the Adventist Church. Its primary campus is located in Angwin. It also operates the Albion Field Station and a branch program of its nursing department at Travis Air Force Base. It was founded in 1882, becoming the second college founded by the Adventist Church. It was the first Adventist College to become accredited.
  The first eight presidents led the school while it was on its Healdsburg campus. The last of these was Lucas Reed whose tenure ended in 1908 at the same time the school moved to Angwin. Charles Walter Irwin became the first person to be selected as president of Pacific Union College on its Angwin Campus in 1908 and led the school at its new location for thirteen years. The president who has served the longest tenure to date is Malcolm Maxwell, who served eighteen years. He was also the first alumnus of Pacific Union College to be selected as its president, and the fourth president to have come to PUC from Walla Walla University. The current president is Dr. Robert "Bob" Cushman who took office in 2018.
caption: Picture of sign near the entrance to Pacific Union College in the Town of Angwin.
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