18th President
Steven C. Adamson, Ph.D.
2022 to Present
17th President
Robert E. Gustafson, D.Min.
2016–2021
16th President
Paul Kooistra, Ph.D.
2014 – 2016
15th President
David Norman, Ph.D.
2010 – 2013
14th President
Randall T. Ruble, Ph.D.
2006 – 2010
13th President
John L. Carson, Ph.D., D.D.
1998 – 2005
12th President
James W. Strobel, Ph.D.
1990 – 1998
11th President
William Bruce Ezell, Jr., Ph.D., Litt.D.
1981 – 1989
10th President
M. Stanyarne Bell, M.Div.
1973 – 1981
9th President
Joseph Wightman, Ph.D.
1966 – 1973
8th President
J. M. Lesesne, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., L.H.D.
1954 – 1966
7th President
R. C. Grier, D.D., LL.D., L.H.D.
1921 – 1954
6th President
J. S. Moffatt, D.D.
1907 – 1921
5th President
F. Y. Pressly, D.D.
1899 – 1907
4th President
W. M. Grier, D.D., LL.D.
1871 – 1899
2nd President (Second Term)
R. C. Grier, D.D.
1865 – 1871
3rd President
E. L. Patton, D.D.
1859 – 1861
2nd President (First Term)
R. C. Grier, D.D.
1847 – 1859
1st President
E. E. Pressly, D.D.
1839 – 1847