| The Reverend Edward Beecher, D.D. | 1830-1844 |
| The Reverend Julian M. Sturtevant, D.D., LL.D. | 1844-1876 |
| The Reverend Edward A. Tanner, D.D. | 1882-1892 |
| John E. Bradley, Ph.D., LL.D. | 1892-1899 |
| The Reverend Clifford Webster Barnes, A.M., LL.D. | 1900-1905 |
| Charles H. Rammelkamp, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. | 1905-1932 |
| Harold C. Jaquith,A.M., LL.D. | 1933-1937 |
| Harris Gary Hudson, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. | 1937-1953 |
| William K. Selden, A.B., LL.D. | 1953-1955 |
| L. Vernon Caine, B.S., M.A., LL.D., LL.D., Litt.D. | 1956-1973 |
| Donald C. Mundinger, Ph.D., LL.D., D.H., Doctorate, L.H.D. | 1973-1993 |
| Richard A. Pfau, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. | 1993-2002 |
| Axel D. Steuer, A.B., M.A., S.T.B., Ph.D, L.H.D. | 2003-2013 |
| Barbara A. Farley, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D. | 2013- |
