Early Ecumenical Years, 1821 - 1842

Dr. Daniel Perrin Bestor
1821-1832 (Baptist) 

Rev. Joseph Wood
1832-1834 (Presbyterian)

Rebecca Maclin Hobbs
1834-1836 (Methodist, Interim)

Rev. William Duncan
1836-1839 (Baptist)

Rev. Simpson Shepherd
1839-1842 (Methodist)

Under Methodist Ownership 1843-1975

Dr. Richard Henderson Rivers
1843-1848

Rev. Benjamin H. Hubbard
1849-1852

Rev. Smith W. Moore
1852-1853

Rev. Isham Randolph Finley
1853-1855

Rev. George E. Naff
1855-1858

Mme. Jane Hamilton Childs, M.A.
1858-1869

Rev. James W. Wright
1869-1873

Rev. James K. Armstrong
1873-1877

Rev. C. Lozo Smith
1877-1883

Rev. William A. Rogers
1883-1884

Mrs. Eliza Coleman Thach
1884-1885 (Interim)

Rev. Marcus Gerves Williams
1885-1892

Dr. Howard Key
1892-1893

Dr. Virgil Octavius Hawkins
1893-1895

Dr. Zachary Alfred Parker, Jr.
1895-1898

Rev. H. W. Browder
1898-1900

Dr. Hiram Glass Davis
1900-1902

Dr. Edgar Massillon Glenn
1902-1904

Miss Mary Norman Moore, M.A.
1904-1916

Dr. Benjamin Bascom Glasgow
1916-1925

Miss Mary Norman Moore McCoy, M.A.
1925-1930

Dr. Eugene Rudolph Naylor
1930-1949

Dr. Perry Benjamin James, Jr.
1949-1959

Dr. Virgil Bowden McCain
1959-1965

Dr. Guy E. Snavely
1965-1966 (Interim)

Dr. Frank Newton Philpot
1966-1969

Dr. Luther Gobbel
1969-1970 (Interim)

Under State Ownership 1975

Dr. Sidney E. Sandridge
1970-1981

Dr. James Robert Chasteen
1981-1990

Dr. Jerry Franklin Bartlett
1991-2008

Dr. Robert Glenn
2008-Present