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Presidential History

President Term
Rev. Amos T. Fox, B.L., B.D. 1890
Rev. Calvin W. Stewart, D.D. 1890-98
Rev. Robert Boyd, D.D. 1898-99
Franklin B. Gault, Ph.D. 1899-1905
Rev. Barend H. Kroeze, A.M., D.D. 1905-09
Rev. Donald D. MacKay, A.M., D.D. 1911-17
Charles A Barry, M.A. (Acting President) 1917-18
Rev. B. Scott Bates, D.D. 1918
Rev. Arthur Y. Beatie, D.D. 1919-20
Charles A Barry, M.A. (Acting President) 1920-21
Rev. Willard H. Robinson, Ph.D. 1921-23
Rev. Walter A Stevenson, D.D., Ph.D. 1923-27
Rev. Orrin E. Tiffany, Ph.D. (Acting President) 1927-29
Rev. Ward W. Sullivan, Ph.D. 1929-38
Francis T. Hardwick, Ph.D. (Acting President) 1938-40
Rev. Frank F. Warren, M.A, D.D., LL.D., Litt. D. 1940-63
Rev. Mark L. Koehler, Th.M., D.D., LL.D. 1964-69
Clarence J. Simpson, Ph.D. (Acting President) 1969-70
Edward B. Lindaman, L.H.D., Sc.D., D.D. 1970-80
Duncan S. Ferguson, Ph.D. (Acting President) 1980-81
Rev. Robert H. Mounce, Th.M., Ph.D. 1981-87
Joseph P.H. Black, Th.M. (Acting President) 1987-88
Arthur J. De Jong, Ph.D. 1988-92
Phillip Eaton, Ph.D. (Interim President) 1992-93
William P. Robinson, Ph.D. 1993-2010
Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D. 2010-2021
Scott A. McQuilkin, Ph.D. (Interim President) 2021-22
Scott A. McQuilkin, Ph.D. 2022-

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