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List of presidents of Tufts University

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The president of Tufts University is the chief administrator of the university and is appointed by the chair of the Board of Trustees of Tufts College.[1] The president is appointed by the board who leads and directs the university. The current incumbent is Sunil Kumar.

Presidents of Tufts

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# Image President Tufts class Life Tenure Notes
1 Hosea Ballou II 1796–1861 1853–1860 Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill.
Oliver Dean[2] 1783–1871 1860–1862 (acting president); founded Dean Academy in 1865
2 Alonzo Ames Miner 1814–1895 1862–1875 Expansion and Civil War
3 Elmer Hewitt Capen 1860 1838–1905 1875–1905 First alum to be president
4 Frederick W. Hamilton 1860 1860–1940 1905–1912 Jackson College founded
William Leslie Hooper 1877 1855–1918 1912–1914 (acting president)
5 Hermon Carey Bumpus 1905 1862–1943 1915–1919
6 John Albert Cousens 1898 1874–1937 1919–1937 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded
George Stewart Miller 1906 1884–1971 1937–1938 (acting president)
7 Leonard Carmichael 1920 1898–1973 1938–1952
8 Nils Yngve Wessell 1914–2007 1953–1966
Leonard Chapin Mead 1913–2002 1966–1967 (acting president)
9 Burton Crosby Hallowell 1915–2006 1967–1976
10 Jean Mayer 1920–1993 1976–1992
11 John A. DiBiaggio 1932–2020 1992–2001
12 Lawrence S. Bacow[3] 1951– 2001–2011
13 Anthony Monaco[4] 1959– 2011–2023 Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
14 Sunil Kumar 2023–

References

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  1. ^ "Office of the Trustees". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Anniversary Meetings: Tufts College". Boston Evening Transcript. May 29, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "President Emeritus Lawrence S. Bacow". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Biography – Office of the President". Tufts University. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
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