The University of Toronto has had 16 presidents since it was founded in 1827 as King's College.[1]
List of presidents
editNo. | Image | Name | Term | Title |
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1 | The Right Rev. John Strachan | 1827–1848 | President of King's College | |
2 | The Rev. John McCaul | 1848–1850 | President of King's College | |
1850–1853 | President of the University of Toronto | |||
1853–1880 | Principal of University College | |||
3 | Sir Daniel Wilson | 1880–1889 | Principal of University College | |
1889–1892 | President of the University of Toronto | |||
4 | James Loudon | 1892–1906 | President of the University of Toronto | |
5 | Sir Robert Falconer | 1907–1932 | President of the University of Toronto | |
6 | The Rev. Henry John Cody | 1932–1945 | President of the University of Toronto | |
7 | The Hon. Sidney Earle Smith | 1945–1957 | President of the University of Toronto | |
8 | Claude Bissell | 1958–1971 | President of the University of Toronto | |
9 | John Robert Evans | 1972–1978 | President of the University of Toronto | |
10 | James Milton Ham | 1978–1983 | President of the University of Toronto | |
11 | David Strangway | 1983–1984 | President of the University of Toronto | |
12 | George Connell | 1984–1990 | President of the University of Toronto | |
13 | Robert Prichard | 1990–2000 | President of the University of Toronto | |
14 | Robert Birgeneau | 2000–2004 | President of the University of Toronto | |
– | Frank Iacobucci | 2004–2005 | President of the University of Toronto (interim) | |
15 | David Naylor | 2005–2013 | President of the University of Toronto | |
16 | Meric Gertler | 2013–present | President of the University of Toronto |
References
edit- ^ "History of the Position". University of Toronto.