President of the George Washington University

The President of the George Washington University is the chief executive officer of the George Washington University, appointed by the GW Board of Trustees and charged "to establish the University's vision, oversee its teaching and research mission and guide its future."[1]

President of The George Washington University
Incumbent
Mark S. Wrighton
since 1 January 2022
AppointerGW Board of Trustees
Formation1821 (1821)
First holderWilliam Staughton
WebsiteOffice of the President

The current president of The George Washington University is Mark S. Wrighton. In September 2021, University officials announced Wrighton would succeed incumbent Thomas LeBlanc in an interim capacity, until a permanent replacement could be found.[2] Wrighton took office on 1 January 2022.

In January 2023, the University announced that Ellen Granberg had been selected to succeed Wrighton. Granberg, who will become the first woman to serve as president of George Washington University, will take office on 1 July 2023.[3]

List
Years President[4]
2023-present Ellen Granberg (starting July 1, 2023)
2022–2023 Mark S. Wrighton (interim)
2017–2022 Thomas LeBlanc
2007–2017 Steven Knapp
1988–2007 Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
1965–1988 Lloyd Hartman Elliott
1961–1964 Thomas H. Carroll
1927–1959 Cloyd H. Marvin
1923–1927 William Mather Lewis
1918–1921 William Miller Collier
1910–1918 Charles H. Stockton
1902–1910 Charles W. Needham
1895–1900 Beniah Longley Whitman
1871–1874 James Clarke Welling
1859–1871 George W. Samson
1855–1858 Joseph Getchell Binney
1843–1854 Joel Smith Bacon
1828–1841 Stephen Chapin
1821–1827 William Staughton

References
  1. GW Overview | The George Washington University
  2. Trivedi, Isha (10 September 2021). "Interim president to replace LeBlanc in January". The GW Hatchet. Hatchet Publications Inc. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. "Ellen Granberg, Ph.D., to Serve as 19th President of the George Washington University | GW Today | The George Washington University". GW Today. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. "List of Presidents of the George Washington University". Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
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