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Former president Ed Noonan, former interim president David Shiner, former president Don Moon, current president Susan Henking, and former president William Craig Rice.

This is a list of presidents of Shimer College, from 1853 to the position's abolition in 2017.

List

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  • A "–" indicates that the individual served as interim or acting president.
# Image Name Term begin Term end Notes Ref.
1 Frances Shimer 1853 1896 Principal of Mount Carroll Seminary
Former schoolteacher
Cindarella Gregory 1853 1870 Co-Principal of Mount Carroll Seminary, departed in 1870
Former schoolteacher
– Frank J. Miller 1896 1897 Non-resident principal of Frances Shimer Academy[1]
Professor at University of Chicago 		[2]
2 William Parker McKee 1897 1930 Dean of Frances Shimer Academy
Former Baptist minister 		[2]
3 Floyd Wilcox 1930 1935 President of Frances Shimer Junior College [2]
– A. Beth Hostetter 1935 1936 [2]
4 Raymond Culver 1936 1938 Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College [2]
– A. Beth Hostetter 1938 1939 [2]
5 Albin C. Bro 1939 1949 Former staff at University of Chicago Press
President of Frances Shimer College 		[2]
– John H. Russel 1949 1950 [3]
6 Aaron Brumbaugh 1950 1954 Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago [2][4]
7 Francis Joseph Mullin 1954 1968 Former professor of medicine at the University of Chicago [2]
8 Milburn Akers 1968 1970 Former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times [2]
9 Robert Spencer Long[2] 1970 1974 Formerly Dean at Roger Williams College
– Esther G. Weinstein 1974 1975 Formerly Professor of Social Sciences and Associate Dean at Shimer College [2]
10 Ralph W. Conant 1975 1978 Urbanologist [2]
11 Donald P. Moon 1978 2004 Episcopal priest
Former nuclear reactor physicist 		[2]
12 William Craig Rice 2004 2006 Former staff member at the American Academy for Liberal Education
– Ronald Champagne 2007 2009 Former administrator at Roosevelt University
13 Thomas K. Lindsay 2009 2010 Former director at the National Endowment for the Humanities
– Edward Noonan 2010 2012 Former architect
14 Susan Henking 2012 2017 Scholar of religious studies
Final President of Shimer College

Works cited

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  • Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.

References

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  1. ^ Bateman, Newton; Selby, Paul; Hostetter, Charles Linnaeus (1910). "The Frances Shimer School of the University of Chicago". Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2. pp. 715–718.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.
  3. ^ "Dr Russel Appointed As Frances Shimer College Acting Head". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1949-09-01. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "Something for the Girls". Time. 1950-07-10. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011.
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