List of presidents of Shimer College

This is a list of presidents of Shimer College, from 1853 to the position's abolition in 2017.

Former president Ed Noonan, former interim president David Shiner, former president Don Moon, current president Susan Henking, and former president William Craig Rice.

List

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  • A "–" indicates that the individual served as interim or acting president.
# Image Name Term begin Term end Notes Ref.
1   Frances Shimer 1853 1896 Principal of Mount Carroll Seminary
Former schoolteacher
  Cindarella Gregory 1853 1870 Co-Principal of Mount Carroll Seminary, departed in 1870
Former schoolteacher
  Frank J. Miller 1896 1897 Non-resident principal of Frances Shimer Academy[1]
Professor at University of Chicago
[2]
2   William Parker McKee 1897 1930 Dean of Frances Shimer Academy
Former Baptist minister
[2]
3   Floyd Wilcox 1930 1935 President of Frances Shimer Junior College [2]
  A. Beth Hostetter 1935 1936 [2]
4   Raymond Culver 1936 1938 Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College [2]
  A. Beth Hostetter 1938 1939 [2]
5   Albin C. Bro 1939 1949 Former staff at University of Chicago Press
President of Frances Shimer College
[2]
  John H. Russel 1949 1950 [3]
6   Aaron Brumbaugh 1950 1954 Former Dean of the College of the University of Chicago [2][4]
7   Francis Joseph Mullin 1954 1968 Former professor of medicine at the University of Chicago [2]
8   Milburn Akers 1968 1970 Former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times [2]
9 Robert Spencer Long[2] 1970 1974 Formerly Dean at Roger Williams College
  Esther G. Weinstein 1974 1975 Formerly Professor of Social Sciences and Associate Dean at Shimer College [2]
10   Ralph W. Conant 1975 1978 Urbanologist [2]
11   Donald P. Moon 1978 2004 Episcopal priest
Former nuclear reactor physicist
[2]
12   William Craig Rice 2004 2006 Former staff member at the American Academy for Liberal Education
  Ronald Champagne 2007 2009 Former administrator at Roosevelt University
13   Thomas K. Lindsay 2009 2010 Former director at the National Endowment for the Humanities
  Edward Noonan 2010 2012 Former architect
14   Susan Henking 2012 2017 Scholar of religious studies
Final President of Shimer College

Works cited

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  • Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.

References

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  1. ^ Bateman, Newton; Selby, Paul; Hostetter, Charles Linnaeus (1910). "The Frances Shimer School of the University of Chicago". Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2. pp. 715–718.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Shimer College (2000). Shimer College Faculty & Alum Directory 2000.
  3. ^ "Dr Russel Appointed As Frances Shimer College Acting Head". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1949-09-01. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "Something for the Girls". Time. 1950-07-10. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011.