A Living Legacy:  The Presidents of Union College

John Blair Smith John Blair Smith
First president of Union College, Dec. 9, 1795 to May 1799
Jonathan Edwards Jr.
Second president of Union College, July 1799 to August 1, 1801
Jonathan Maxcy
Third president of Union College, September 1802 to July 1804.
Eliphalet Nott
Fourth president of Union College, August 1804 to January 29, 1866
Laurens Perseus Hickok
Fifth president of Union College, March 1, 1866 to June 30, 1868
Charles Augustus Aiken
Sixth president of Union College, October 12, 1869 to June 1871
Eliphalet Nott Potter, Class of 1861
Seventh president of Union College, summer of 1871 to July 31, 1884
Harrison Edwin Webster, Class of 1868
Eighth president of Union College, mid-1888 to January 1894
Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, Class of 1875
Ninth president of Union College, May 5, 1894 to mid-1907
Charles Alexander Richmond
Tenth president of Union College, April 1, 1909 to January 20, 1928
Frank Parker Day
Eleventh president of Union College, January 20, 1929 to August 10, 1933
Dixon Ryan Fox
Twelfth president of Union College, July 1, 1934 to January 30, 1945
Carter Davidson
Thirteenth president of Union College, March 1, 1946 to January 31, 1965
Harold Clark Martin
Fourteenth president of Union College, July 1, 1965 to June 30, 1974
Thomas Neville Bonner
Fifteenth president of Union College, July 1, 1974 to August 31, 1978
John Selwyn Morris
Sixteenth president of Union College, August 1, 1979 to August 31, 1990
Roger H. Hull
Seventeenth president of Union College, September 1, 1990 to June 30, 2005
Stephen Charles Ainlay
Eighteenth president of Union College, July, 1, 2006 to present