Earlham College opened as Friends Boarding School in 1847. We did not have a President in those days, and the person in the equivalent position was called the Superintendent. The position and office of the President was created in 1867, and former Superintendent, Barnabas C. Hobbs, became Earlham's first president.
- Barnabas Coffin Hobbs
- Superintendent of Friends Boarding School, 1847-1849
- Superintendent of Earlham College, 1866-1867
- President, 1867-1868
- Joseph Moore, 1868-1883
- Student and teacher at Friends Boarding School, 1853-1859
- William Penn Pinkham (acting), 1883-1884
- Joseph John Mills, 1884-1903
- Robert Lincoln Kelly, 1903-1917 -- Class of 1888
- David Morton Edwards, 1917-1929
- William Cullen Dennis, 1929-1946 -- Class of 1896
- Thomas E. Jones,1946-1958 -- Class of 1912
- Landrum Bolling, 1958-1973
- Paul Lacey (acting), 1973-1974
- Franklin W. Wallin, 1974-1983
- Dewitt C. "Bud" Baldwin, 1983-1984
- Lawrence "Pete" Leland (acting), 1984-1985 -- Class of 1938
- Richard "Dick" J. Wood, 1985-1996
- Eugene "Gene" S. Mills (Interim), 1996-1997 -- Class of 1948
- Douglas "Doug" C. Bennett, 1997-2011
- David Dawson, 2011-2017
- Alan Price, 2017-2018 -- Class of 1988
- Avis Stewart (Interim), 2018-2019 -- Class of 1974
- Anne Houtman, 2019-2024
- Paul Sniegowski, 2024-
You can find biographies of Earlham's presidents here.
