Mount Holyoke Principals and Presidents
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- Mary Lyon, Founder and Principal 1837-1849
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- Mary C. Whitman (Class of 1839), Principal 1849-1850
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- Mary W. Chapin (Class of 1843) Acting Principal 1850-1852, Principal 1852-1865
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- Sophia D. Stoddard (Class of 1841), Acting Principal 1865-1867
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- Helen M. French (Class of 1857), Principal 1867-1872
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- Julia E. Ward (Class of 1857), 1872-1883 Principal
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- Elizabeth Blanchard (Class of 1858) Principal and President, 1883-1889
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- Louisa F. Cowles (Class of 1866), Acting President 1889-1890
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- Elizabeth Storrs Mead, President 1890-1900
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- Mary E. Woolley, President 1900-1937
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- Roswell G. Ham, President 1937-1957
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- Richard Glenn Gettell, President 1957-1968
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- Meribeth E. Cameron, Acting President 1968-1969
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- David B. Truman, President 1969-1978
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- Elizabeth T. Kennan (Class of 1960), President 1978-1995
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- Joanne V. Creighton, President 1996-2010
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- Lynn Pasquerella (Class of 1980), President 2010-Present
In honor of Presidents’ Day, we’ve compiled a slideshow of Mount Holyoke’s leaders since the seminary’s founding in 1837. Ten of the institution’s principals and presidents through the years have been Mount Holyoke alumnae.
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February 16, 2015
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