From Ahmedunggar to Lavonia
Presidents at the University of Georgia 1785-1997

"The Crown of a President of a College is indeed a Crown of Thorns."
Josiah Meigs

The Hargrett Library has mounted this exhibit to honor the past presidents of the University of Georgia and to bid farewell to President Knapp who will be leaving the University to pursue a post in the Clinton Administration.

The images in this digital exhibit differ somewhat from the physical exhibit which will remain in the Turner Gallery until the beginning of March, 1997.

Abraham Baldwin 1785-1801
Josiah Meigs 1801-10
John Brown 1811-16
Robert Finley 1817
Moses Waddel 1819-29
Alonzo S. Church 1829-59
Andrew A. Lipscomb 1860-74
Henry H. Tucker 1874-78
Patrick H. Mell 1878-88
William E. Boggs 1889-99

Walter B. Hill 1899-1905
David C. Barrow 1906-25
Charles M. Snelling 1926-32
Steadman V. Sanford 1932-35
Harmon White Caldwell 1935-48
Jonathan C. Rogers 1949-50
Omer C. Aderhold 1950-67
Frederick C. Davison 1967-86
Henry K. Stanford 1986-87
Charles B. Knapp 1987-97

From Ahmedunggar to Lavonia Presidents at the University of Georgia 1785-1997

From Ahmedunggar to Lavonia
Presidents at the University of Georgia 1785-1997