The President of Oberlin College is the chief administrator of both Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.[1] Each is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current incumbent is Carmen Twillie Ambar.[2] As part of Oberlin's inherent mission of a vastly interdisciplinary education, presidents have been chosen from a wide range of fields as diverse as musical performance (Starr), theology (Finney) physics (Fuller), law (Krislov), athletics (Stevenson) and pure mathematics (King). Thus, each president is a qualified academic professor who has the opportunity to teach classes.
| President of Oberlin College | |
|---|---|
since 2017 | |
| Type | President |
| Formation | 1835 |
| First holder | Asa Mahan |
Presidents of Oberlin College
edit- Asa Mahan, 1835–1850[3]
- Charles Grandison Finney, leader in the Second Great Awakening, president 1851–1866[3]
- James Fairchild, 1866–1889[3]
- William Gay Ballantine, 1891–1896[3]
- John Henry Barrows, 1899–1902[3]
- Henry Churchill King, 1902–1927[3]
- Ernest H. Wilkins, 1927–1946[3]
- William Stevenson, 1946–1960[3]
- Robert K. Carr, 1960–1969[3]
- Robert W. Fuller, 1970–1974[3]
- Emil Danenberg, 1975–1982[3]
- S. Frederick Starr, 1983–1994[3]
- Nancy Dye, 1994–2007[3]
- Marvin Krislov, 2007–2017[3]
- Carmen Twillie Ambar, 2017–present[3]
References
edit- ^ "Oberlin College". Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ^ And Then There Were Three The Mass Media
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Presidents of Oberlin College". Oberlin College Archives. Oberlin College. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.