Noted People
Ohio University has over 197,000 living alumni, approximately 105,000 of them in Ohio. Many have gone on to achieve success in a variety of fields, including art, athletics, journalism, engineering, business, and government; alumni have been recognized for their pursuits by a variety of awards, including one Nobel Prize winning alumnus. Ohio University presidents include twenty men.
| 1st | Jacob Lindley | (1809–1822) |
| 2nd | James Irvine | (1822–1824) |
| 3rd | Robert G. Wilson | (1824–1839) |
| 4th | William Holmes McGuffey | (1839–1843) |
| 5th | Alfred Ryors | (1848–1852) |
| 6th | Solomon Howard | (1852–1872) |
| 7th | William Henry Scott | (1872–1883) |
| 8th | Charles William Super | (1884–1896) (1899–1901) |
| 9th | Isaac Crook | (1896–1898) |
| 10th | Alston Ellis | (1901–1920)* |
| 11th | Elmer Burritt Bryan | (1921–1934)* |
| 12th | Herman Gerlach James | (1935–1943) |
| 13th | Walter S. Gamertsfelder | (1943–1945) |
| 14th | John Calhoun Baker | (1945–1961) |
| 15th | Vernon Roger Alden | (1962–1969) |
| 16th | Claude R. Sowle | (1969–1974) |
| 17th | Harry B. Crewson | (1974–1975) |
| 18th | Charles J. Ping | (1975–1994) |
| 19th | Robert Glidden | (1994–2004) |
| 20th | Roderick J. McDavis | (2004–present) |
* Edwin Watts Chubb was acting president for one year in 1920 when President Ellis died and again in 1934 when President Bryan died.
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