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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Smith_Edgar_Fahs_bw.jpg/300px-Smith_Edgar_Fahs_bw.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Smith_Edgar_Fahs_bw.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="331" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Edgar Fahs Smith</b> (May 23, 1854 – May 3, 1928) was an American scientist who is best known today for his interests in the history of chemistry. He served as provost of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> from 1911 to 1920, was deeply involved in the <a href="/wiki/American_Chemical_Society" title="American Chemical Society">American Chemical Society</a> and other organizations, and was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Priestley_Medal" title="Priestley Medal">Priestley Medal</a> in 1926. </p><p>He accumulated a large collection of pictures, books, and papers related to the history of chemistry, which today forms the nucleus of the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection was designated as a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Chemical_Landmarks" title="National Historic Chemical Landmarks">National Historic Chemical Landmark</a> on March 16, 2000. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_work">Life and work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Fahs_Smith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg/170px-Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg/255px-Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg/340px-Edgar_Fahs_Smith_1878.jpg 2x" data-file-width="879" data-file-height="1322" /></a><figcaption>Smith in 1878</figcaption></figure> <p>Edgar Fahs Smith was born in <a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York, Pennsylvania</a> on May 23, 1854, to Gibson Smith and Elizabeth Fahs (Smith). He was raised in the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian faith</a>. His younger brother Allen John Smith was born in 1863. He attended York County Academy, a college preparatory school, from 1867 to 1872.<sup id="cite_ref-kislak_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kislak-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith had planned to attend Yale University, but changed to Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg (now <a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_College" title="Gettysburg College">Gettysburg College</a>) when he was given the opportunity to enter as a junior in 1872, due to his advanced knowledge and education.<sup id="cite_ref-kislak_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kislak-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He majored in chemistry and mineralogy with <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Philip_Sadtler" title="Samuel Philip Sadtler">Samuel Philip Sadtler</a>. Smith earned his college degree from Pennsylvania College in 1874.<sup id="cite_ref-kislak_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kislak-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Landmark_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Landmark-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his Ph.D. under <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_W%C3%B6hler" title="Friedrich Wöhler">Friedrich Wöhler</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_G%C3%B6ttingen" title="University of Göttingen">University of Göttingen</a> in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-Klickstein_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klickstein-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith then returned to the United States and married Margie Alice Gruel in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-kislak_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kislak-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1876, Fahs was appointed Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania,<sup id="cite_ref-PennHistory_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennHistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he taught for five years. He then took two short-term appointments in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Springfield, Ohio. He returned to the University of Pennsylvania as Professor of Analytical Chemistry in 1888, and succeeded Sadtler as head of the chemistry department in 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-CHOC1-1b_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHOC1-1b-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the doctoral advisor of the first woman to receive a doctorate in Philosophy of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, <a href="/wiki/Fanny_Rysan_Mulford_Hitchcock" title="Fanny Rysan Mulford Hitchcock">Fanny R. M. Hitchcock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also became director of the John Harrison Laboratory, which was created at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> in 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-PennHistory_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennHistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NIE_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIE-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was associated with the University as a professor of chemistry (1888-1911), as vice-provost (1899-1911) and then as provost (1911-1920).<sup id="cite_ref-Klickstein_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klickstein-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith was an active advocate for the education of women, accepting and mentoring women students, and working to open both graduate and undergraduate programs to women.<sup id="cite_ref-CHM_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the founder of the Pennsylvania Iota chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Psi" title="Phi Kappa Psi">Phi Kappa Psi</a> fraternity at Penn.<sup id="cite_ref-Klickstein_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klickstein-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired from the university in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edgar Fahs Smith used what he called "historical chemistry" in his work as a teacher, to remind chemistry students of the humanistic side of science and to counter what he saw as an overly commercial approach to scientific training. He chose to emphasize the moral aspects of their work, rather than focusing solely on the development of skilled technicians. He also wrote extensively on the history of chemistry.<sup id="cite_ref-Landmark_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Landmark-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith's scientific research focused on the fields of electrochemistry, the determination of atomic weights, and research on rare earth elements. Smith was a pioneer in the field of electrochemistry, discovering the use of electric current for the separation of metals and minerals, and published a number of works on chemistry. His research with metals centered on <a href="/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten">tungsten</a>, which has a wide variety of industrial uses.<sup id="cite_ref-kislak_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kislak-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith was a co-founder of the American Chemical Society's History of Chemistry division. He served three times as president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Chemical_Society" title="American Chemical Society">American Chemical Society</a> and was president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a> (1902–1908) and the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Science_Society" title="History of Science Society">History of Science Society</a> (1928). In 1898 Smith was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Academy of Sciences">National Academy of Sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Browne_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browne-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Priestley_Medal" title="Priestley Medal">Priestley Medal</a> in 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-GMMinutes_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMMinutes-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith died in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> on May 3, 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edgar_Fahs_Smith_-_IMG_6621.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Edgar_Fahs_Smith_-_IMG_6621.JPG/220px-Edgar_Fahs_Smith_-_IMG_6621.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Edgar_Fahs_Smith_-_IMG_6621.JPG/330px-Edgar_Fahs_Smith_-_IMG_6621.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Edgar_Fahs_Smith_-_IMG_6621.JPG/440px-Edgar_Fahs_Smith_-_IMG_6621.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Edgar_Fahs_Smith" title="Statue of Edgar Fahs Smith">Statue of Edgar Fahs Smith</a> on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Edgar_Fahs_Smith" title="Statue of Edgar Fahs Smith">statue of Edgar Fahs Smith</a>, built in 1925, now stands on the University of Pennsylvania campus, on the eponymous "Smith Walk" near 34th Street, next to the Vagelos Laboratories.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to an article published in the university's online journal, <i>Penn Today</i>, "The devilish figure under Smith's left shoe is meant to represent 'error', which Smith is stamping out through science."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In York, Pennsylvania, there was a middle school named after him above the York Fairgrounds located at 701 Texas Avenue called "Edgar Fahs Middle School". This school closed in 2010 but re-opened in 2017 as a STEAM Academy, incorporating science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics into project based learning. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memorial_collection">Memorial collection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Fahs_Smith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Memorial collection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his lifetime, Smith accumulated an international collection of approximately 3,000 printed books and 600 manuscripts, along with antique furniture, portraits of chemists and other memorabilia. After his death, his widow, Marjie A. Smith, donated his collection, with an endowment, to the University of Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-kislak_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kislak-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection in the History of Chemistry (Smith Memorial Collection) opened on March 1, 1931, and was initially curated by Smith's former secretary, <a href="/wiki/Eva_Armstrong" title="Eva Armstrong">Eva Armstrong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CHOC1-1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHOC1-1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since its creation, the collection has grown to 15,000 books, manuscripts and pamphlets dealing with the history of chemistry and related sciences and technologies. The collection was designated as a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Chemical_Landmarks" title="National Historic Chemical Landmarks">National Historic Chemical Landmark</a> on March 16, 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Landmark_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Landmark-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ACSLandmark_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACSLandmark-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Catalog of the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection in the History of Chemistry</i> was published by G. K. Hall in 1960. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_books">Published books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Fahs_Smith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Published books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Electro-Chemical Analysis</i> (1890; revised 1894, 1902, 1918)</li> <li><i>Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds</i> (2 vols., 3d ed. 1900)</li> <li><i>Experiments Arranged for Students in General Chemistry</i> (with H. F. Keller, 4th ed. 1900)</li> <li><i>Theories of Chemistry</i> (1913)</li> <li><i>Chemistry in America</i> (1914)</li> <li><i>Atomic Weights</i> (1915)</li> <li><i>The Life of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hare_(chemist)" title="Robert Hare (chemist)">Robert Hare</a></i> (1917)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Woodhouse_(chemist)" title="James Woodhouse (chemist)">James Woodhouse</a>, a pioneer in chemistry, 1770-1809</i> (1918) At <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jameswoodhousepi00smit">archive.org</a>.</li> <li><i>Chemistry in Old Philadelphia</i> (1918)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Cutbush" title="James Cutbush">James Cutbush</a></i> (1919)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley">Priestley</a> in America</i> (1920)</li></ul> <p>He translated <a href="/wiki/Victor_von_Richter" title="Victor von Richter">Victor von Richter</a>'s <i>A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry</i> (3d ed., 1900). </p> <div class="mw-heading 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Draper</a> (1876)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Lawrence_Smith_(chemist)" title="J. Lawrence Smith (chemist)">J. Lawrence Smith</a> (1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_William_Johnson" title="Samuel William Johnson">Samuel William Johnson</a> (1878)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sterry_Hunt" title="Thomas Sterry Hunt">T. Sterry Hunt</a> (1879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_Genth" title="Frederick Augustus Genth">Frederick A. Genth</a> (1880)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Chandler" title="Charles F. Chandler">Charles F. Chandler</a> (1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mallet" title="John Mallet">John W. Mallet</a> (1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Curtis_Booth" title="James Curtis Booth">James C. Booth</a> (1883)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Benjamin_Prescott" title="Albert Benjamin Prescott">Albert B. Prescott</a> (1886)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Anthony_Goessmann" title="Charles Anthony Goessmann">Charles Anthony Goessmann</a> (1887)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sterry_Hunt" title="Thomas Sterry Hunt">T. Sterry Hunt</a> (1888)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Chandler" title="Charles F. Chandler">Charles F. Chandler</a> (1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bradford_Nason" title="Henry Bradford Nason">Henry B. Nason</a> (1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Frederick_Barker" title="George Frederick Barker">George F. Barker</a> (1891)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Chapman_Caldwell" title="George Chapman Caldwell">George C. Caldwell</a> (1892)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Washington_Wiley" title="Harvey Washington Wiley">Harvey W. Wiley</a> (1893)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Edgar Fahs Smith</a> (1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Benjamin_Dudley" title="Charles Benjamin Dudley">Charles B. Dudley</a> (1896)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Munroe" title="Charles Edward Munroe">Charles E. Munroe</a> (1898)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_W._Morley" title="Edward W. Morley">Edward W. Morley</a> (1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McMurtrie" title="William McMurtrie">William McMurtrie</a> (1900)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1901–1925</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wigglesworth_Clarke" title="Frank Wigglesworth Clarke">Frank W. Clarke</a> (1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Remsen" title="Ira Remsen">Ira Remsen</a> (1902)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Long_(chemist)" title="John H. Long (chemist)">John H. Long</a> (1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Amos_Noyes" title="Arthur Amos Noyes">Arthur Amos Noyes</a> (1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Preston_Venable" title="Francis Preston Venable">Francis P. Venable</a> (1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Francis_Hillebrand" title="William Francis Hillebrand">William F. Hillebrand</a> (1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marston_T._Bogert" title="Marston T. Bogert">Marston T. Bogert</a> (1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_R._Whitney" title="Willis R. Whitney">Willis R. Whitney</a> (1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilder_Dwight_Bancroft" title="Wilder Dwight Bancroft">Wilder D. Bancroft</a> (1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Smith_(chemist)" title="Alexander Smith (chemist)">Alexander Smith</a> (1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dehon_Little" title="Arthur Dehon Little">Arthur Dehon Little</a> (1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_William_Richards" title="Theodore William Richards">Theodore W. Richards</a> (1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Herty" title="Charles Herty">Charles H. Herty</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Stieglitz" title="Julius Stieglitz">Julius Stieglitz</a> (1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Nichols" title="William H. Nichols">William H. Nichols</a> (1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Noyes" title="William A. Noyes">William A. Noyes</a> (1920)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Edgar Fahs Smith</a> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Curtis_Franklin" title="Edward Curtis Franklin">Edward C. Franklin</a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Baekeland" title="Leo Baekeland">Leo H. Baekeland</a> (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Flack_Norris" title="James Flack Norris">James Flack Norris</a> (1925)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1926–1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_D._Rosengarten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George D. Rosengarten (page does not exist)">George D. Rosengarten</a> (1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Parr" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel W. Parr">Samuel W. Parr</a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Langmuir" title="Irving Langmuir">Irving Langmuir</a> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McPherson_(university_president)" title="William McPherson (university president)">William McPherson</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Gomberg" title="Moses Gomberg">Moses Gomberg</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_V._Redman" title="Lawrence V. Redman">Lawrence V. Redman</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_B._Lamb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arthur B. Lamb (page does not exist)">Arthur B. Lamb</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_L._Reese&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles L. Reese (page does not exist)">Charles L. Reese</a> (1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Adams" title="Roger Adams">Roger Adams</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bartow" title="Edward Bartow">Edward Bartow</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Weidlein" title="Edward R. Weidlein">Edward R. Weidlein</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_C._Whitmore" title="Frank C. Whitmore">Frank C. Whitmore</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Kraus" title="Charles A. Kraus">Charles A. Kraus</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_C._Lind" title="Samuel C. Lind">Samuel C. Lind</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Lloyd_Evans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Lloyd Evans (page does not exist)">William Lloyd Evans</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_N._Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry N. Holmes (page does not exist)">Harry N. Holmes</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Per_K._Frolich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Per K. Frolich (page does not exist)">Per K. Frolich</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr." title="Thomas Midgley Jr.">Thomas Midgley Jr.</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Shipp_Marvel" title="Carl Shipp Marvel">Carl S. Marvel</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bradley_Dewey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bradley Dewey (page does not exist)">Bradley Dewey</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Albert_Noyes_Jr." title="W. Albert Noyes Jr.">W. Albert Noyes Jr.</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Allen_Thomas" title="Charles Allen Thomas">Charles A. Thomas</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linus_Pauling" title="Linus Pauling">Linus Pauling</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_H._Volwiler" title="Ernest H. Volwiler">Ernest H. Volwiler</a> (1950)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1951–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Howell_Funnan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Howell Funnan (page does not exist)">N. Howell Funnan</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_C._Britton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edgar C. Britton (page does not exist)">Edgar C. Britton</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrington_Daniels" title="Farrington Daniels">Farrington Daniels</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_L._Fisher" title="Harry L. Fisher">Harry L. Fisher</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Henry_Hildebrand" title="Joel Henry Hildebrand">Joel H. Hildebrand</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_C._Warner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John C. Warner (page does not exist)">John C. Warner</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_J._Williams" title="Roger J. Williams">Roger J. Williams</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clifford_F._Rassweiler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clifford F. Rassweiler (page does not exist)">Clifford F. Rassweiler</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Bailar_Jr." title="John C. Bailar Jr.">John C. Bailar Jr.</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_L._Elder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert L. Elder (page does not exist)">Albert L. Elder</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Cope" title="Arthur C. Cope">Arthur C. Cope</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_August_Folkers" title="Karl August Folkers">Karl Folkers</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Eyring_(chemist)" title="Henry Eyring (chemist)">Henry Eyring</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maurice_H._Arveson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maurice H. Arveson (page does not exist)">Maurice H. Arveson</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Price" title="Charles C. Price">Charles C. Price</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Sparks" title="William J. Sparks">William J. Sparks</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_G._Overberger" title="Charles G. Overberger">Charles G. Overberger</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Cairns" title="Robert W. Cairns">Robert W. Cairns</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_R._Brode" title="Wallace R. Brode">Wallace R. Brode</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byron_Riegel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Byron Riegel (page does not exist)">Byron Riegel</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Calvin" title="Melvin Calvin">Melvin Calvin</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Tishler" title="Max Tishler">Max Tishler</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_C._Nixon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan C. Nixon (page does not exist)">Alan C. Nixon</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernard_S._Friedman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bernard S. Friedman (page does not exist)">Bernard S. Friedman</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Bailey" title="William J. Bailey">William J. Bailey</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg" title="Glenn T. Seaborg">Glenn T. Seaborg</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry A. Hill">Henry A. Hill</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_J._Harrison" title="Anna J. Harrison">Anna J. Harrison</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gardner_W._Stacy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gardner W. Stacy (page does not exist)">Gardner W. Stacy</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._D%27Ianni" title="James D. D'Ianni">James D. D'Ianni</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_C._Zettlemoyer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert C. Zettlemoyer (page does not exist)">Albert C. Zettlemoyer</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Parry" title="Robert W. Parry">Robert W. Parry</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Basolo" title="Fred Basolo">Fred Basolo</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_D._Niederhauser" title="Warren D. Niederhauser">Warren D. Niederhauser</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellis_K._Fields&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ellis K. Fields (page does not exist)">Ellis K. Fields</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_C._Pimentel" title="George C. Pimentel">George C. Pimentel</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_L._Good" title="Mary L. Good">Mary L. Good</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gordon_L._Nelson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gordon L. Nelson (page does not exist)">Gordon L. Nelson</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clayton_F._Callis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clayton F. Callis (page does not exist)">Clayton F. Callis</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_G._Gassman" title="Paul G. Gassman">Paul G. Gassman</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Allen_Heininger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Allen Heininger (page does not exist)">S. Allen Heininger</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_L._Eliel" title="Ernest L. Eliel">Ernest L. Eliel</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Murray_Free" title="Helen Murray Free">Helen M. Free</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_D._Heindel" title="Ned D. Heindel">Ned D. Heindel</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_M._Rushton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian M. Rushton (page does not exist)">Brian M. Rushton</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Breslow" title="Ronald Breslow">Ronald Breslow</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_S._Anderson" title="Paul S. Anderson">Paul S. Anderson</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_H.L._Walter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul H.L. Walter (page does not exist)">Paul H.L. Walter</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edel_Wasserman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edel Wasserman (page does not exist)">Edel Wasserman</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daryle_H._Busch" title="Daryle H. Busch">Daryle H. Busch</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–<i>present</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Attila_E._Pavlath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Attila E. Pavlath (page does not exist)">Attila E. Pavlath</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_M._Pearce" title="Eli M. Pearce">Eli M. Pearce</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsa_Reichmanis" title="Elsa Reichmanis">Elsa Reichmanis</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_P._Casey" title="Charles P. Casey">Charles P. Casey</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_F._Carroll_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William F. Carroll Jr. (page does not exist)">William F. Carroll Jr.</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Nalley" title="Elizabeth Ann Nalley">Elizabeth Ann Nalley</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_T._Hunt" title="Catherine T. Hunt">Catherine T. Hunt</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_E._Bursten" title="Bruce E. Bursten">Bruce E. Bursten</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Lane" title="Thomas H. Lane">Thomas H. Lane</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Francisco" title="Joseph Francisco">Joseph Francisco</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_B._Jackson" title="Nancy B. Jackson">Nancy B. Jackson</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bassam_Shakhashiri" title="Bassam Shakhashiri">Bassam Z. Shakhashiri</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marinda_Li_Wu" title="Marinda Li Wu">Marinda Li Wu</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Barton" title="Thomas J. Barton">Thomas J. Barton</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Grob_Schmidt" title="Diane Grob Schmidt">Diane Grob Schmidt</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Nelson" title="Donna Nelson">Donna J. Nelson</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allison_A._Campbell" title="Allison A. Campbell">Allison A. Campbell</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_K._Dorhout" title="Peter K. Dorhout">Peter K. Dorhout</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_A._Charpentier" title="Bonnie A. Charpentier">Bonnie A. Charpentier</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Echegoyen" title="Luis Echegoyen">Luis Echegoyen</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H.N._Cheng" class="mw-redirect" title="H.N. Cheng">H.N. Cheng</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_K._Wilson" title="Angela K. Wilson">Angela K. Wilson</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Giordan" title="Judith Giordan">Judith Giordan</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_K._Carroll" title="Mary K. Carroll">Mary K. Carroll</a> (2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_J._Phillips" title="Dorothy J. Phillips">Dorothy J. Phillips</a>, President Elect (2025)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidents_of_the_History_of_Science_Society" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Presidents_of_the_History_of_Science_Society" title="Template:Presidents of the History of Science Society"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Presidents_of_the_History_of_Science_Society" title="Template talk:Presidents of the History of Science Society"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Presidents_of_the_History_of_Science_Society" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Presidents of the History of Science Society"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Presidents_of_the_History_of_Science_Society" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Presidents of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Science_Society" title="History of Science Society">History of Science Society</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1924–1949</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Joseph_Henderson" title="Lawrence Joseph Henderson">Lawrence Joseph Henderson</a> (1924–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Breasted" title="James Henry Breasted">James Henry Breasted</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Eugene_Smith" title="David Eugene Smith">David Eugene Smith</a> (1927)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Edgar Fahs Smith</a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Thorndike" title="Lynn Thorndike">Lynn Thorndike</a> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Crew" title="Henry Crew">Henry Crew</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Welch" title="William H. Welch">William H. Welch</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berthold_Laufer" title="Berthold Laufer">Berthold Laufer</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Playfair_McMurrich" title="J. Playfair McMurrich">J. Playfair McMurrich</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Williams_Cushing" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey Williams Cushing">Harvey Williams Cushing</a> (1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Albert_Browne,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Albert Browne, Jr.">Charles Albert Browne, Jr.</a> (1935–1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_D._Leake" title="Chauncey D. Leake">Chauncey D. Leake</a> (1937–1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Sigerist" title="Henry E. Sigerist">Henry E. Sigerist</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Shryock" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard H. Shryock">Richard H. Shryock</a> (1940–1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Charles_Karpinski" title="Louis Charles Karpinski">Louis Charles Karpinski</a> (1943–1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Bowman" title="Isaiah Bowman">Isaiah Bowman</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson" title="Vilhjalmur Stefansson">Vilhjalmur Stefansson</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Farquhar_Fulton" title="John Farquhar Fulton">John Farquhar Fulton</a> (1947–1950)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harcourt_Brown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harcourt Brown (page does not exist)">Harcourt Brown</a> (1951–1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Stimson" title="Dorothy Stimson">Dorothy Stimson</a> (1953–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Guerlac" title="Henry Guerlac">Henry Guerlac</a> (1957–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._Bernard_Cohen" title="I. Bernard Cohen">I. Bernard Cohen</a> (1961–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Clagett" title="Marshall Clagett">Marshall Clagett</a> (1963–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Coulston_Gillispie" title="Charles Coulston Gillispie">Charles Coulston Gillispie</a> (1965–1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._O%27Malley" class="mw-redirect" title="C. D. O'Malley">C. D. O'Malley</a> (1967–1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kuhn" title="Thomas Kuhn">Thomas Kuhn</a> (1969–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Townsend_White,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Lynn Townsend White, Jr.">Lynn Townsend White, Jr.</a> (1971–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erwin_N._Hiebert" title="Erwin N. Hiebert">Erwin N. Hiebert</a> (1973–1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Greene_(historian)" title="John C. Greene (historian)">John C. Greene</a> (1975–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_S._Westfall" title="Richard S. Westfall">Richard S. Westfall</a> (1977-1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Multhauf" title="Robert P. Multhauf">Robert P. Multhauf</a> (1979–1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_L._Holmes" title="Frederic L. Holmes">Frederic L. Holmes</a> (1981–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Holton" title="Gerald Holton">Gerald Holton</a> (1983–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Grant" title="Edward Grant">Edward Grant</a> (1985–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Coleman_(historian)" title="William Coleman (historian)">William Coleman</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Jo_Nye" title="Mary Jo Nye">Mary Jo Nye</a> (1988–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_G._Brush" title="Stephen G. Brush">Stephen G. Brush</a> (1990–1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Gregory_Kohlstedt" title="Sally Gregory Kohlstedt">Sally Gregory Kohlstedt</a> (1992–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_C._Lindberg" title="David C. Lindberg">David C. Lindberg</a> (1994–1995)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_Gregory_(historian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frederick Gregory (historian) (page does not exist)">Frederick Gregory</a> (1996–1997)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Van_Helden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert Van Helden (page does not exist)">Albert Van Helden</a> (1998–1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Numbers" title="Ronald Numbers">Ronald Numbers</a> (2000–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Servos" title="John Servos">John Servos</a> (2002–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sokal" title="Michael Sokal">Michael Sokal</a> (2004–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Cadden_(historian)" title="Joan Cadden (historian)">Joan Cadden</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Maienschein" title="Jane Maienschein">Jane Maienschein</a> (2008–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lawrence_Farber" title="Paul Lawrence Farber">Paul Lawrence Farber</a> (2010–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_K._Nyhart" title="Lynn K. Nyhart">Lynn K. Nyhart</a> (2012–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_N._H._Creager" title="Angela N. H. Creager">Angela N. H. Creager</a> (2014–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Browne" title="Janet Browne">Janet Browne</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lightman" title="Bernard Lightman">Bernard Lightman</a> (2018–2019)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Golinski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Golinski (page does not exist)">Jan Golinski</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fa-ti_Fan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fa-ti Fan (page does not exist)">Fa-ti Fan</a> (2022–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelynn_Hammonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Evelynn Hammonds">Evelynn Hammonds</a> (2024–2025)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Chief_administrators_of_the_University_of_Pennsylvania" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#011F5B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #990000, inset -2px -2px 0 #990000;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:University_of_Pennsylvania_presidents" title="Template:University of Pennsylvania presidents"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:University_of_Pennsylvania_presidents" title="Template talk:University of Pennsylvania presidents"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:University_of_Pennsylvania_presidents" title="Special:EditPage/Template:University of Pennsylvania presidents"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Chief_administrators_of_the_University_of_Pennsylvania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_University_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of presidents of the University of Pennsylvania"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chief administrators of the University of Pennsylvania</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#011F5B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #990000, inset -2px -2px 0 #990000;;width:1%">Provosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Franklin</a> (1749–1754)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Anglican_priest)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Smith (Anglican priest)">William Smith</a> (1754–1779)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ewing_(pastor)" title="John Ewing (pastor)"> Ewing</a> (1779–1802)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDowell_(educator)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John McDowell (educator) (page does not exist)">McDowell</a> (1806–1810)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Andrews_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Andrews (clergyman)">Andrews</a> (1810–1813)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_Beasley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frederick Beasley (page does not exist)">Beasley</a> (1813–1828)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_H._DeLancey" title="William H. DeLancey">DeLancey</a> (1828–1834)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ludlow_(1793-1857)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Ludlow (1793-1857) (page does not exist)">Ludlow</a> (1834–1852)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Vethake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Vethake (page does not exist)">Vethake</a> (1853–1859)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Goodwin_(Penn)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel Goodwin (Penn) (page does not exist)">Goodwin</a> (1860–1868)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Janeway_Still%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Janeway Stillé (page does not exist)">Stillé</a> (1868–1880)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Pepper" title="William Pepper">Pepper</a> (1881–1894)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Custis_Harrison" title="Charles Custis Harrison">Harrison</a> (1894–1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Edgar Smith</a> (1910–1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Josiah_Harmar_Penniman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Josiah Harmar Penniman (page does not exist)">Penniman</a> (1921–1930)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#011F5B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #990000, inset -2px -2px 0 #990000;;width:1%">Presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sovereign_Gates" title="Thomas Sovereign Gates">Gates</a> (1930–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_William_McClelland" title="George William McClelland">McClelland</a> (1944–1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Stassen" title="Harold Stassen">Stassen</a> (1948–1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Hagan_DuBarry" title="William Hagan DuBarry">DuBarry</a> (acting, 1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Harnwell" title="Gaylord Harnwell">Harnwell</a> (1953–1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Meyerson" title="Martin Meyerson">Meyerson</a> (1970–1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Hackney" title="Sheldon Hackney">Hackney</a> (1981–1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Claire_Fagin" title="Claire Fagin">Fagin</a> (interim, 1993–1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judith_Rodin" title="Judith Rodin">Rodin</a> (1994–2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amy_Gutmann" title="Amy Gutmann">Gutmann</a> (2004–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liz_Magill" title="Liz Magill">Magill</a> (2022–2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._Larry_Jameson" title="J. 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