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No. | Portrait | Name | Term | Notes |
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Joseph McKeen (1757–1807) |
1802 – 1807 |
First president of Bowdoin College. |
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Jesse Appleton (1772–1819) |
1807 – 1819 |
Appleton Hall is named for him. |
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William Allen (1784–1868) |
1820 – 1839 |
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Leonard Woods (1807–1878) |
1839 – 1866 |
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Samuel Harris (1814–1899) |
1867 – 1871 |
First president to be a Bowdoin alumni. First president to be born in Maine. |
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Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914) |
1871 – 1883 |
Bowdoin alumni. Chamberlain Hall is named for him. |
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William De Witt Hyde (1858–1917) |
1885 – 1917 |
Hyde Hall and Hyde Plaza are named for him. |
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Kenneth C.M. Sills (1879–1954) |
1918 – 1952 |
Bowdoin alumni. Was president for 34 years, longer than any other president. Sills Hall is named for him. |
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James S. Coles (1913–1996) |
1952 – 1967 |
Coles Tower is named for him. |
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Roger Howell Jr. (1936–1989) |
1969 – 1978 |
Bowdoin alumni. |
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Willard F. Enteman (b. 1936) |
1978 – 1980 |
Shortest term of any president. |
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A. LeRoy Greason (1922–2011) |
1981 – 1990 |
LeRoy Greason Pool is named for him |
13 | Robert H. Edwards (b. 1935) |
1990 – 2001 |
The Edwards Center for Art and Dance is named for him. | |
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Barry Mills (b. 1950) |
October 2001 – July 1, 2015 |
Mills Hall is named for him. |
15 | Clayton Rose (b. 1958) |
July 1, 2015 – July 1, 2023 |
The Roux Center for the Environment, the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, and the Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies, opened during his presidency. | |
16 | Safa Zaki | July 1, 2023 – Incumbent |
First female president of Bowdoin College. |