The College of William and Mary in Virginia
Presidents of the College in the 20th Century
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Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler
1919-1934Graduate of William and Mary and Johns Hopkins University. Educator, textbook author, and college administrator; professor of English and history; superintendent of Richmond public schools. |
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John Stewart Bryan
1934-1942Graduate 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. |
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Dr. John Edward Pomfret
1942-1951Graduate 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. |
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Alvin Duke Chandler
1951-1960Educated at William and Mary and the United States Naval Academy. Military officer and educator. |
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Dr. Davis Young Paschall
1960-1971Graduate of William and Mary, with advanced degrees from the College and the University of Virginia. Educator, administrator, and author; state superintendent of public instruction |
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Dr. Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr.
1971-1985Came to the College of William and Mary from Harvard University, where he served as associate dean of the School of Business Administration. |
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Dr. Paul Robert Verkuil
1985-1992Came to the college after serving as the dean of the law school at Tulane University. |
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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. |
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