List of presidents of Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1863. The president of Boston College is the head of the university.

Presidents

Presidents
No.	Name	Years	Ref.
1	John Bapst SJ	1863–1869	^[1]
2	Robert W. Brady SJ	1869–1870	^[1]
3	Robert J. Fulton SJ	1870–1880	^[1]
4	Jeremiah O'Connor SJ	1880–1884	^[1]
5	Edward V. Boursaud SJ	1884–1887	^[1]
6	Thomas H. Stack SJ	1887	^[1]
7	Nicholas Russo SJ	1887–1888	^[1]
8	Robert J. Fulton SJ	1888–1891	^[1]
9	Edward I. Devitt SJ	1891–1894	^[1]
10	Timothy Brosnahan SJ	1894–1898	^[1]
11	W. G. Read Mullan SJ	1898–1903	^[1]
12	William F. Gannon SJ	1903–1907	^[1]
13	Thomas I. Gasson SJ	1907–1914	^[1]
14	Charles W. Lyons SJ	1914–1919	^[1]
15	William Devlin SJ	1919–1925	^[1]
16	James H. Dolan SJ	1925–1932	^[1]
17	Louis J. Gallagher SJ	1932–1937	^[1]
18	William J. McGarry SJ	1937–1939	^[1]
19	William J. Murphy SJ	1939–1945	^[1]
20	William L. Keleher SJ	1945–1951	^[1]
21	Joseph R. N. Maxwell SJ	1951–1958	^[1]
22	Michael P. Walsh SJ	1958–1968	^[1]
23	W. Seavey Joyce SJ	1968–1972	^[1]
24	J. Donald Monan SJ	1972–1996	^[1]
25	William P. Leahy SJ	1996–present	^[1]

Fact Book 2021–2022 (PDF). Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: Boston College. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.