List of Principal Officers
The following table is a list of the principal officers of the National University of Singapore's predecessors. Note that the office of the President of Raffles College was renamed Principal of Raffles College from 1938
| Principals (King Edward VII Medical College) |
Presidents and Principals * (Raffles College) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Dudley Freer | 1905–1909 | Richard Olaf Winstedt | 1928–1931 |
| Robert Donald Keith | 1909–1918 | James Watson | 1932–1934 |
| George Hugh MacAlister | 1918–1929 | Frederick Joseph Morten | 1935–1937 |
| George V. Allen | 1929–1947 | Alexander Keir | 1937–1938 |
| Desmond William George Faris | 1947–1949 | George McOwan | 1938–1941 |
| W. E. Dyer | 1946–1948 | ||
| George V. Allen | 1948–1949 | ||
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