A Look Back

Past LSU presidents

1859-1861 - Col. W.T. Sherman
1862-1863 - The Rev. W.E.M. Linfield (acting)
1863-1865 - Prof. William A. Seay
1865-1880 - David F. Boyd
1880-1883 - Col. William Preston Johnson
1883-1884 - James W. Nicholson
1884-1886 - David F. Boyd
1886-1887 - Thomas D. Boyd (interim)
1887-1896 - James W. Nicholson
1896-1926 - Thomas D. Boyd
1927-1929 - Campbell Hodges
1929-1930 - Thomas W. Atkinson
1930-1939 - James Monroe Smith
1939-1941 - Paul Hebert (interim)
1941-1944 - Gen. Campbell Hodges
1944-1947 - William B. Hatcher
1947-1947 - Fred C. Frey (acting)
1947-1951 - Dr. Harold W. Stoke
1951-1962 - Gen. Troy H. Middleton
1962-1972 - John A. Hunter
1972-1985 - Martin Woodin
1985-1999 - Allen A. Copping
1999-2007 - Williams L. Jenkins
2007-2012 - John Lombardi
2012-2013 - William L. Jenkins (interim)
2013-2019 - F. King Alexander
2020-2021 - Thomas C. Galligan Jr.

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