Stanford
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Presidents and Provosts

Presidents of Stanford University

Names of the presidents and years they served starting in 1891 with David Starr Jordan and ending in 2024 with Jonathan Levin.
YearsPresident
1891-1913David Starr Jordan
1913-1915John Casper Branner
1916-1943Ray Lyman Wilbur1
1943-1948Donald B. Tresidder2
1949-1968J. E. Wallace Sterling3
1968-1970Kenneth S. Pitzer
1970-1980Richard W. Lyman
1980-1992Donald Kennedy
1992-2000Gerhard Casper
2000-2016John L. Hennessy
2016-2023Marc Tessier-Lavigne
2023-2024Richard Saller
2024-Jonathan Levin

1 Robert Eccles Swain served as acting president from 1929-1933.

2 Alvin Eurich served as acting president between Tresidder and Sterling.

3 Robert J. Glaser served as acting president between Sterling and Pitzer.

Provosts of Stanford University

Names of the provosts and years they served starting in 1952 with Douglas M. Whitaker and ending in 2023 with Jenny Martinez
YearsProvost
1952-1955Douglas M. Whitaker
1955-1965Frederick E. Terman
1967-1970Richard W. Lyman
1971-1978William F. Miller
1979Gerald Lieberman
1979-1980Donald Kennedy
1980-1984Albert Hastorf
1984-1992James N. Rosse
1992-1993Gerald Lieberman
1993-1999Condoleezza Rice
1999-2000John L. Hennessy
2000-2017John W. Etchemendy
2017-2023Persis Drell
2023-Jenny Martinez
Provost Jenny Martinez and President Jonathan Levin at Convocation

President and Provost

Stanford University is currently led by President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez.