List of presidents of Reed College

Sixteen people have served as president of Reed College, a liberal arts college located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Seven have served in the role of acting president.[1] The institution was led by an administrative committee from 1919 to 1921 and from July to December 1924.[1]

Presidents and acting presidents

*Designates acting presidents
Designates administrative committee
No. Image Name Term start Term end Ref.
1 William Trufant Foster 1910 1919
Administrative committee (1919–1921)
2 Richard F. Scholz 1921 1924
Administrative committee (July–December 1924)
3 Norman F. Coleman 1925 1934
4 Dexter Keezer 1934 1942
5 Arthur F. Scott 1942 1945
6 Peter H. Odegard 1945 1948
7 E.B. MacNaughton 1948 1952
8 Duncan S. Ballantine 1952 1954
acting Frank Loxley Griffin 1954 1956*
9 Richard H. Sullivan 1956 1967
acting Byron L. Youtz 1967 1968*
acting Ross B. Thompson 1968 (Summer)*
10 Victor G. Rosenblum 1968 1970
acting Ross B. Thompson 1970 1971
11 Paul E. Bragdon 1971 1980
acting George A. Hay [a] 1980 1981
11 Paul E. Bragdon 1981 1988
12 James L. Powell 1988 1991
acting William R. Haden 1991 1992
13 Steven S. Koblik 1992 June 30, 2001 [b]
acting Peter J. Steinberger July 1, 2001 June 30, 2002 [2]
14 Colin Diver July 1, 2002 June 30, 2012 [3][4]
15 John Kroger July 1, 2012 June 30, 2018 [5][6]
acting Hugh Porter July 1, 2018 June 30, 2019 [7]
16 Audrey Bilger July 1, 2019 present [8]

Table notes:

  1. ↑ Hay was in charge of the college while Bragdon was on sabbatical from 1980 until 1981.
  2. ↑ Resigns to head the Huntington Library.

References

  1. 1 2 "President's Office: Presidents of Reed". Reed College. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Peter J. Steinberger named acting president". Reed Magazine. Vol. 80, no. 3. August 2001. p. 23. Peter J. Steinberger... is acting president of the college as of July 1.
  3. ↑ Brown, Talia (February 2, 2013). "Diver '65 named Reed College president". The Amherst Student. Colin Diver '65, a member of the Amherst College Board of Trustees since 1998, was elected the 14th president of Reed College by a unanimous vote of its Board of Trustees at its meeting last Saturday. Diver will assume his responsibilities on July 1.
  4. ↑ Graves, Bill (June 3, 2011). "Reed College president announces he will retire after one more year". The Oregonian. Diver, 67, has been at the private liberal arts college in Southeast Portland for nine years and will retire at the end of the next academic year in the summer of 2012.
  5. ↑ Graves, Bill (April 24, 2012). "Reed College chooses Oregon Attorney General John Kroger as new president". The Oregonian. Kroger will take command of the 1,400-student college in July, replacing Colin Diver, who has led Reed for the last decade.
  6. ↑ Rogoway, Mike (February 9, 2018). "Reed College says President John Kroger will step down". The Oregonian. Reed College President John Kroger will leave his post at the end of June after six years running one of the nation's most prestigious liberal arts colleges, the school said late Friday
  7. ↑ "Porter Named Acting President". Reed Magazine. May 2, 2018. The board of trustees has selected Hugh Porter, currently vice president for college relations, to become Reed's acting president, effective July 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ Sickinger, Ted (April 27, 2019). "Reed College selects Audrey Bilger as 16th president". The Oregonian. Bilger will succeed acting president Hugh Porter starting July 1.
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