List of presidents of Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1863. The president of Boston College is the head of the university.

Presidents

Presidents

No.	Image	Name	Years	Ref.
1		John Bapst SJ	1863–1869	[1]
2		Robert W. Brady SJ	1869–1870	[1]
3		Robert J. Fulton SJ	1870–1880	[1]
4		Jeremiah O'Connor SJ	1880–1884	[1]
5		Edward V. Boursaud SJ	1884–1887	[1]
6		Thomas H. Stack SJ	1887	[1]
7		Nicholas Russo SJ	1887–1888	[1]
8		Robert J. Fulton SJ	1888–1891	[1]
9		Edward I. Devitt SJ	1891–1894	[1]
10		Timothy Brosnahan SJ	1894–1898	[1]
11		W. G. Read Mullan SJ	1898–1903	[1]
12		William F. Gannon SJ	1903–1907	[1]
13		Thomas I. Gasson SJ	1907–1914	[1]
14		Charles W. Lyons SJ	1914–1919	[1]
15		William Devlin SJ	1919–1925	[1]
16		James H. Dolan SJ	1925–1932	[1]
17		Louis J. Gallagher SJ	1932–1937	[1]
18		William J. McGarry SJ	1937–1939	[1]
19		William J. Murphy SJ	1939–1945	[1]
20		William L. Keleher SJ	1945–1951	[1]
21		Joseph R. N. Maxwell SJ	1951–1958	[1]
22		Michael P. Walsh SJ	1958–1968	[1]
23		W. Seavey Joyce SJ	1968–1972	[1]
24		J. Donald Monan SJ	1972–1996	[1]
25		William P. Leahy SJ	1996–present	[1]

See also

• List of Boston College people
• Jesuits in the United States

References

Citations

Sources

• Fact Book 2021–2022 (PDF). Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: Boston College. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.

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