
April 23-25, 2025
Please mark your calendars for a series of events celebrating the induction of the 39th President of Athens State University.
Inauguration events begin April 23, and the concluding Investiture Ceremony will be April 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
More details will be available soon!
Past Presidents
Daniel Perrin Bestor | 1822-1832 |
Joseph Wood | 1832-1834 |
Rebecca Maclin Hobbs | 1834-1836 (Interim) |
William Duncan | 1836-1839 |
Simpson Shepherd | 1840-1843 |
Richard Henderson Rivers | 1843-1849 |
Benjamin H. Hubbard | 1849-1852 |
Smith W. Moore | 1852-1853 |
Isham Randolph Finley | 1853-1855 |
George E. Naff | 1855-1858 |
Jane Hamilton Childs | 1858-1869 |
James W. Wright | 1869-1873 |
James K. Armstrong | 1873-1877 |
C. Lozo Smith | 1877-1883 |
William A. Rogers | 1883-1884 |
Elizabeth Coleman Thach | 1884-1885 (Interim) |
Marcus Gerves Williams | 1885-1892 |
Howard Key | 1892-1893 |
Virgil Octavius Hawkins | 1893-1895 |
Zachariah Alfred Parker, Jr. | 1895-1898 |
H.W. Browder | 1898-1900 |
Hiram Glass Davis | 1900-1902 |
Edgar M. Glenn | 1902-1904 |
Mary Norman Moore | 1904-1916 |
Benjamin Bascom Glasgow | 1916-1925 |
Mary Moore McCoy | 1925-1930 |
Eugene Randolph Naylor | 1930-1949 |
Perry Benjamin James | 1949-1959 |
Virgil B. McCain | 1959-1965 |
Guy E. Snavely | 1965-1966 |
Frank N. Philpot | 1966-1969 |
Luther L. Gobbel | 1969-1970 |
Sidney E. Sandridge | 1970-1981 |
James R. Chasteen | 1981-1990 |
Jerry F. Bartlett | 1990-2008 |
Robert K. Glenn | 2008-2018 |
Ron Ingle | 2018-2019 (Interim) |
Philip Way | 2019-2023 |
Catherine Wehlburg | 2023-Present |