Inauguration
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 |