List of presidents of Baldwin Wallace University

The following is a complete list of presidents of Baldwin Wallace University. This list includes previous presidents under the school's past names Baldwin–Wallace College, Baldwin University, German Wallace College and Baldwin Institute.^[1]

Baldwin Institute

#	Name	Term	Notes	References
1	H Dwight	1846–1855	The first principal, named in April 1846	^[2]
2	John Wheeler	1855–1870	Soon after becoming principal, a charter was granted establishing Baldwin University.	^[1]

#	Name	Term	Notes	References
1	John Wheeler	1856–1870	Namesake of a building on the north side of BW's campus, home to the Education Department	^[1]
2	Godman William	1870–1875		^[1]
3	Aaron Schuyler	1875–1885		^[1]
4	Joseph E. Stubbs	1886–1894		^[1]
5	Millard F. Warner	1894–1899		^[1]
6	Robert M. Freshwater	1899–1902		^[1]
7	Glezan A. Reeder	1902–1905		^[1]
8	George B. Rogers	1905–1907		^[1]
9	Robert L. Waggoner	1909–1911		^[1]
10	Glezan A. Reeder	1911–1913		^[1]

#	Name	Term	Notes	References
1	William Nast	1864–1893		^[1]
2	Karl Riemenschneider	1894–1908	Reimenschneider's son Albert is the founder of the BW Conservatory and BW Bach Festival, the first collegiate Bach festival in the nation.^[3]	^[1]
3	Edwin Havinghurst	1908–1910		^[1]
4	Arthur L. Breslich	1910–1913		^[1]

#	Name	Term	Notes	References
1	Arthur Louis Breslich	1913–1918		^[1]
2	Albert Boynton Storms	1918–1933		^[1]
3	Louis C. Wright	1934–1948		^[1]
4	John Lowden Knight	1949–1954		^[1]
5	Alfred Bryan Bonds	1955–1981	Namesake of Bonds Hall, which is located on BW's south side campus, and serves as the university's administration building	^[1]
6	Neal Malicky	1981–1999	Namesake of Malicky Hall, which is located on BW's north side of campus, and serves as an academic building, as well as housing the Psychology, Sociology, and Political Science departments.	^[1]
7	Mark H. Collier	1999–2006	Namesake of "Goals of Enduring Questions: The Mark Collier Lecture Series"	^[1]^[4]
8	Richard Durst	2006–2012	Namesake of the Durst Welcome Center, which is located on BW's south side of campus and serves as the admissions office	^[1]^[5]

#	Name	Term	Notes	References
1	Robert C. Helmer	2012–present		^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Berger DuMound, Joanne (February 11, 2012). "Berea's Baldwin-Wallace College will become Baldwin Wallace University". Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ A history of education in the state of Ohio: A centennial volume. columbus: Gazette Printing Press. 1876. pp. 234. John Wheeler first president of baldwin university.
^ "Bach Festival Founding". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
^ "Lecture series". Retrieved 26 June 2012.
^ "New Welcome Center at Berea's Baldwin-Wallace College taking shape". Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 11, 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

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