George Washington University Office of the President records

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Although governed by a Board of Trustees, the president of the university has always been the chief administrative officer for the institution. The collection contains administrative papers of all presidents. Presidents of the university include William Staughton, 1821-1827; Stephen Chapin, 1828-1841; Joel Smith Bacon, 1843-1854; Joseph Getchell Binney, 1855-1858; George Whitefield Samson, 1859-1871; James Clarke Welling, 1871-1894; Samuel Harrison Greene, acting, 1894-1895; Benaiah L. Whitman, 1895-1900; Samuel Harrison Greene, acting, 1900-1902; Charles Willis Needham, 1902-1910; Charles Herbert Stockton, 1910-1918; William Miller Collier, 1918-1921; Howard L. Hodgkins, ad interim, 1921-1923; William Mather Lewis, 1923-1927; Cloyd Heck Marvin, 1927-1959; Oswald Symister Colclough, Acting, 1959-1961; Thomas Henry Carroll, 1961-1964; Oswald Symister Colclough, acting, 1964-1965; Lloyd Hartman Elliott, 1965-1988; Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, 1988-2007; Steven Knapp, 2007-present. There was no president from October 1841 to October 1843.

From the description of Office of the President records, 1828-2007 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 698250553

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Bacon, Joel Smith, 1802-1869 person
associatedWith Binney, J.G. 1807-1877 person
associatedWith Chapin, Stephen, 1778-1845 person
associatedWith Elliott, Lloyd H. person
associatedWith George Washington University--Alumni and alumnae corporateBody
associatedWith George Washington University Office of the President corporateBody
associatedWith Lewis, William Mather, 1878-1945 person
associatedWith Marvin, Cloyd H. 1889- person
associatedWith Needham, Charles Willis, 1848-1935 person
associatedWith Samson, G. W. 1819-1896 person
associatedWith Stockton, Charles H., 1845-1924 person
associatedWith Trachtenberg, Stephen Joel person
associatedWith Welling, J. C. 1825-1894 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Washington (D.C.)
Subject
Articles of incorporation
Certificates of incorporation
Charters
Students
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1828

Active 2007

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