User:Greg.Hartley/Longest serving college presidents

The longest serving president of a United States institution of higher education is Eliphalet Nott, who served at Union College in Schenectady, NY for 62 years, from 1805-1866. The longest living college or university president is Norman Francis, who continues at Xavier University of Louisiana as president after 45 years of service.

According to a 2007 report from the American Council on Education, only about 5% of all in-office college presidents had served longer than 20 years. The table below considers candidates who can be demonstrated to have served for 25 years or longer unless another distinguishing factor warrants inclusion. Records for the longest serving college or university presidents are usually kept by the respective institutions themselves.