List of Presidents
| # | President | Wesleyan Class | Tenure | Life | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th | Rock Jones | -- | 2008–present | -- | |
| 15th. | Mark Huddleston | -- | 2004–2007 | -- | Major $250 Million Campaign |
| 14th | Thomas Courtice | -- | 1994–2004 | -- | Science Center Built; Establishment of Five Colleges of Ohio, Fine Arts Center |
| 13th | David Warren (professor) | -- | 1984–1993 | -- | Hamilton-Williams Campus Center Built |
| 12th | Thomas E. Wenzlau | 1950 | 1969–1984 | -- | Branch Rickey Arena Built; Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students adopted Built |
| 11th | Elden T. Smith | 1932 | 1962–1968 | 1910–2006 | Residential Buildings significantly expanded - Smith, Welch and Lucy Hayes Dormitories built |
| 10th | David Lockmiller | -- | 1959–1961 | 1907–2005 | -- |
| 9th | Arthur Sherwood Flemming | 1927 | 1948–1953, 1957–1958 | 1905–1996 | -- |
| 8th | Herbert John Burgstahler | -- | 1939–1947 | -- | Last of long line of Methodist-appointed Presidents |
| 7th | Edmund D. Soper | -- | 1928–1938 | -- | Stuyvesant Hall built |
| 6th | John W. Hoffman | -- | 1916–1928 | -- | -- |
| 5th | Herbert George Welch | -- | 1905–1916 | -- | -- |
| 4th | James Whitford Bashford | -- | 1889–1904 | -- | -- |
| 3rd | Charles H. Payne | -- | 1876–1888 | -- | Wesleyan Female College merged with Ohio Wesleyan University |
| 2nd | Frederick Merrick | -- | 1860–1873 | -- | -- |
| 1st | Edward Thomson | -- | 1842–1860 | -- | -- |
Acting and Interim Presidents have included Lorenzo D. McCabe (1873–76), William F. Whitlock (1888–89), Edward L. Rice (1938–39), Clarence E. Ficken (1947–48, 1953–55), Frank J. Prout (1955–57), George W. Burns (1958–59), Robert Lisensky (1968–69), William C. Louthan (1993–94) and David Robbins (2007–2008).
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