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List of presidents of Longwood University

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Longwood University, a public liberal arts college in Farmville, Virginia, is led by a president selected by a Board of Visitors, who are appointed by the Governor of Virginia. Beginning with its founding as a private finishing school in 1839, through its 1884 conversion to a public normal school, and its postwar transition to a coeducational university, Longwood has had twenty-seven presidents. The current president is W. Taylor Reveley IV, who was inaugurated in 2013.

Principals (1839–1884)

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In the private finishing school era, when the school was known as Farmville Female Seminary and later Farmville Female College, the school president was known as a principal.

# Name Years Reference Image
1 Solomon Lea 1839–1843 [1]
2 Lorenzo Lea 1843–1846 [1]
3 Lorenzo Coburn 1846–1850 [1]
4 John Benjamin Tinsley 1850–1855 [1]
5 Benjamin Gould 1855–1859 [1]
6 George La Monte 1859–1862 [1]
7 Arnaud Preot 1862–1869 [1]
8 S.F. Nottingham 1869–1870 [1]
9 Frances Marion Edwards 1871–1872 [1]
10 James Crawley 1872–1873 [1]
11 Paul Whitehead 1873–1882 [1]
12 Mary Elizabeth Carter 1882–1884 [1]

Presidents (1884–present)

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Following the Virginia government's purchase of the then-Farmville College in 1884 and conversion into a normal school, the head official of Longwood became known as a president.

# Name Years Reference Image
13 William Henry Ruffner 1884–1887 [1]
14 John Atkinson Cunningham 1887–1897 [1]
15 Robert Frazer 1898–1902 [1]
16 Joseph L. Jarman 1902–1946 [1]
17 Dabney S. Lancaster 1946–1955 [1]
18 Francis Lankford, Jr. 1955–1965 [1]
19 James Heflin Newman 1965–1967 [1]
20 Henry Irving Willett, Jr. 1967–1981 [1]
21 Janet Daly Greenwood 1981–1987 [1]
22 George Robert Haley 1987–1988 [1]
23 William F. Dorrill 1988–1996 [1]
24 Patricia Cormier 1996–2010 [1]
25 Patrick Finnegan 2010–2012 [1]
26 W. Taylor Reveley IV 2013–present [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Past Presidents". Longwood University. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "About President Reveley". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.