History of Stanford Presidents
Marc Tessier-Lavigne became Stanford University’s eleventh president on September 1, 2016.
| 1891-1913 | David Starr Jordan |
| 1913-1915 | John Casper Branner |
| 1916-1943 | Ray Lyman Wilbur1 |
| 1943-1948 | Donald B. Tresidder2 |
| 1949-1968 | J. E. Wallace Sterling3 |
| 1968-1970 | Kenneth S. Pitzer |
| 1970-1980 | Richard W. Lyman |
| 1980-1992 | Donald Kennedy |
| 1992-2000 | Gerhard Casper |
| 2000-2016 | John Hennessy 4 |
| 2016- | Marc Tessier-Lavigne |
1 Robert Eccles Swain served as acting president from 1929-1933.
2 Alvin Eurich and Clarence H. Faust served as acting presidents between Tresidder and Sterling.
3 Robert J. Glaser served as acting president between Sterling and Pitzer.
4 John Etchemendy served as acting president from Feb. 14 – June 8, 2012.