List of presidents of Longwood University

Longwood University, a public liberal arts college in Farmville, Virginia, is led by a president selected by a Board of Visitors, who are appointed by the Governor of Virginia. Beginning with its founding as a private finishing school in 1839, through its 1884 conversion to a public normal school, and its postwar transition to a coeducational university, Longwood has had twenty-seven presidents. The current president is W. Taylor Reveley IV, who was inaugurated in 2013.

Principals (1839–1884)

In the private finishing school era, when the school was known as Farmville Female Seminary and later Farmville Female College, the school president was known as a principal.

# Name Years Reference Image
1 Solomon Lea 1839–1843 [1]
2 Lorenzo Lea 1843–1846 [1]
3 Lorenzo Coburn 1846–1850 [1]
4 John Benjamin Tinsley 1850–1855 [1]
5 Benjamin Gould 1855–1859 [1]
6 George La Monte 1859–1862 [1]
7 Arnaud Preot 1862–1869 [1]
8 S.F. Nottingham 1869–1870 [1]
9 Frances Marion Edwards 1871–1872 [1]
10 James Crawley 1872–1873 [1]
11 Paul Whitehead 1873–1882 [1]
12 Mary Elizabeth Carter 1882–1884 [1]

Presidents (1884–present)

Following the Virginia government's purchase of the then-Farmville College in 1884 and conversion into a normal school, the head official of Longwood became known as a president.

# Name Years Reference Image
13 William Henry Ruffner 1884–1887 [1]
14 John Atkinson Cunningham 1887–1897 [1]
15 Robert Frazer 1898–1902 [1]
16 Joseph L. Jarman 1902–1946 [1]
17 Dabney S. Lancaster 1946–1955 [1]
18 Francis Lankford, Jr. 1955–1965 [1]
19 James Heflin Newman 1965–1967 [1]
20 Henry Irving Willett, Jr. 1967–1981 [1]
21 Janet Daly Greenwood 1981–1987 [1]
22 George Robert Haley 1987–1988 [1]
23 William F. Dorrill 1988–1996 [1]
24 Patricia Cormier 1996–2010 [1]
25 Patrick Finnegan 2010–2012 [1]
26 W. Taylor Reveley IV 2013–present [2]

References
  1. "Past Presidents". Longwood University. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. "About President Reveley". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
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