Past University Presidents
- Amos Dean (1855–1859)
- Silas Totten (1859–1862)
- Oliver M. Spencer (1862–1867)
- James Black (1868–1870)
- George Thacher (1871–1877)
- Josiah Pickard (1878–1887)
- Charles Schaeffer (1887–1898)
- George MacLean (1899–1911)
- John Bowman (1911–1914)
- Thomas Macbride (1914–1916)
- Walter Jessup (1916–1934)
- Eugene Allen Gilmore (1934–1940)
- Virgil Hancher (1940–1964)
- Howard Bowen (1964–1969)
- Willard L. Boyd (1969–1981)
- James O. Freedman (1982–1987)
- Hunter R. Rawlings III (1988–1995)
- Mary Sue Coleman (1995–2002)
- David Skorton (2003–2006)
- Sally Mason (2007 – present)
Iowa's most recent presidents have left to become presidents at several of the most prestigious colleges and universities of the United States: Dartmouth College (James O. Freedman in 1987), the University of Michigan (Mary Sue Coleman in 2002), and Cornell University (Hunter R. Rawlings III in 1995 and David Skorton in 2006).
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