List of presidents of Boston College

President of Boston College
Incumbent William P. Leahy since 1996
Appointer	Boston College Board of Governors
Formation	1863
First holder	John Bapst (1863 - 1869)
Website	Office of the President

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

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][2][3]

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