List of Northwestern University presidents

Northwestern University has had 22 different presidents throughout 25 presidential terms (including 8 interim/acting presidential terms) since it was founded in 1851.

List of presidents

 * Clark T. Hinman, DD (1853–1854)
 * Henry S. Noyes, MA (1854–1856) (interim president)
 * Randolph S. Foster, DD, LLD (1856–1860)
 * Henry S. Noyes, MA (1860–1867) (interim president)
 * David H. Wheeler, DD (1867–1869) (interim president)
 * Erastus O. Haven, DD, LLD (1869–1872)
 * Charles H. Fowler, DD, LLD (1872–1876)
 * Oliver Marcy, LLD (1876–1881) (acting president)
 * Joseph Cummings, DD, LLD (1881–1890)
 * Oliver Marcy, LLD (1890–1890) (acting president)
 * Henry Wade Rogers, LLD (1890–1900)
 * Daniel Bonbright, MA, LLD (1900–1902) (interim president)
 * Edmund J. James, PhD, LLD (1902–1904)
 * Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1904–1906) (interim president)
 * Abram W. Harris, ScD, LLD (1906–1916)
 * Thomas F. Holgate, PhD, LLD (1916–1919) (interim president)
 * Lynn H. Hough, DD (1919–1920)
 * Walter Dill Scott, PhD, LLD (1920–1939)
 * Franklyn Bliss Snyder, PhD, LLD (1939–1949)
 * J. Roscoe Miller, MD, LLD, ScD (1949–1970)
 * Robert H. Strotz, PhD, LLD (1970–1984)
 * Arnold R. Weber, PhD (1984–1994)
 * Henry S. Bienen, PhD (1995–2009)
 * Morton O. Schapiro, PhD (2009–2022)
 * Michael H. Schill, J.D. (2022–present)