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20th Century Presidents

Julian Chandler
Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler
1919-1934

Graduate of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins University. Educator, textbook author, and college administrator; professor of English and history; superintendent of Richmond public schools.

 
   
John Bryan
John Stewart Bryan
1934-1942

Graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard. Lawyer, member of William and Mary Board of Visitors; publisher of Richmond Times-Dispatch and Richmond News Leader; president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

 
   
John Pomfret
Dr. John Edwin Pomfret
1942-1951

Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Historian, author, professor of history, and college dean; director of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery at San Marino, California.

 
   
Alvin Chandler
Alvin Duke Chandler
1951-1960

Educated at William and Mary and the United States Naval Academy. Military officer and educator.

 
   
Davis Paschall
Dr. Davis Young Paschall
1960-1971

Graduate of William and Mary, with advanced degrees from the College and the University of Virginia. Educator, administrator, and author; state superintendent of public instruction

 
   
Thomas Graves
Dr. Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr.
1971-1985

Came to the College of William and Mary from Harvard University, where he served as associate dean of the School of Business Administration.

 
   
Paul Verkuil
Dr. Paul Robert Verkuil
1985-1992

Came to the college after serving as the dean of the law school at Tulane University.

 
   
Timothy Sullivan
Timothy J. Sullivan
1992-2005

Graduated from William and Mary in 1966 and served the institution as professor of law and dean of the school of law.