List of presidents of Tufts University

The president of Tufts University is the chief administrator of the university and is appointed by the chair of the Board of Trustees of Tufts College.^[1] The president is appointed by the board who leads and directs the university. The current incumbent is Sunil Kumar.

Presidents of Tufts

#	President	Tufts class	Life	Tenure	Notes
1	Hosea Ballou II	–	1796–1861	1853–1860	Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill.
–	Oliver Dean^[2]	–	1783–1871	1860–1862	(acting president); founded Dean Academy in 1865
2	Alonzo Ames Miner	–	1814–1895	1862–1875	Expansion and Civil War
3	Elmer Hewitt Capen	1860	1838–1905	1875–1905	First alum to be president
4	Frederick W. Hamilton	1860	1860–1940	1905–1912	Jackson College founded
–	William Leslie Hooper	1877	1855–1918	1912–1914	(acting president)
5	Hermon Carey Bumpus	1905	1862–1943	1915–1919
6	John Albert Cousens	1898	1874–1937	1919–1937	Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded
–	George Stewart Miller	1906	1884–1971	1937–1938	(acting president)
7	Leonard Carmichael	1920	1898–1973	1938–1952
8	Nils Yngve Wessell	–	1914–2007	1953–1966
–	Leonard Chapin Mead	–	1913–2002	1966–1967	(acting president)
9	Burton Crosby Hallowell	–	1915–2006	1967–1976
10	Jean Mayer	–	1920–1993	1976–1992
11	John A. DiBiaggio	–	1932–2020	1992–2001
12	Lawrence S. Bacow^[3]	–	1951–	2001–2011
13	Anthony Monaco^[4]	–	1959–	2011–2023	Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
14	Sunil Kumar	–		2023–