Rochester Institute of Technology has had 11 presidents since it was founded in 1829.[1]
List of presidents
edit| No. | Image | President | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidents of Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute (1910–1944) | |||||
| 1 |  |
Carleton B. Gibson | 1910 | 1916 | |
| 2 |  |
James F. Barker | 1916 | 1919 | |
| 3 |  |
Royal B. Farnum | 1919 | 1921 | |
| 4 |  |
John A. Randall | 1922 | 1936 | |
| Presidents of Rochester Institute of Technology (1944–present) | |||||
| 5 |  |
Mark W. Ellingson | 1936 | 1969 | |
| 6 |  |
Paul A. Miller | 1969 | 1979 | |
| 7 |  |
M. Richard Rose | January 1, 1979 | May 31, 1992 | [2][3] |
| acting |  |
Thomas R. Plough [a] | June 1, 1992 | August 31, 1992 | [4][5] |
| 8 | Albert J. Simone | September 1, 1992 | June 30, 2007 | [6][7] | |
| 9 |  |
William W. Destler | July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2017 | [8] |
| 10 |  |
David C. Munson | July 1, 2017 | June 30, 2025 | [9][10] |
| 11 | William H. Sanders | July 1, 2025 | Present | [11] | |
Table notes:
- ↑ executive vice president and provost
References
edit- ↑ "History of RIT Presidents". RIT.
- ↑ "RIT leader announces retirement, defends CIA" (PDF). Finger Lake Times. September 4, 1991. p. 14.
- ↑ "Access, Engagement, and Success". RIT.
- ↑ "A leadership shuffle at RIT". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. August 3, 1994. p. 1B.
He had served as acting president of RIT twice—first, when former President M. Richard Rose took a sabbatical to work for the CIA in 1991, and again when Rose retired in 1992.
- ↑ "RIT picks its next president". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. May 19, 1992. p. 1A.
- ↑ Finnerty, Bob (May 16, 2006). "Albert J. Simone Fact Sheet". RIT.
- ↑ Finnerty, Bob (May 16, 2006). "President Simone to retire in mid-2007". RIT.
- ↑ Saffran, Michael (March 5, 2007). "William Destler named RIT president". RIT.
- ↑ Goodman, James (January 25, 2017). "David C. Munson Jr., RIT's new president, brings a broad vision". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ↑ Jacob, Smriti (April 23, 2024). "RIT president Munson to retire". Rochester Beacon.
- ↑ Finnerty, Bob (January 28, 2025). "William H. Sanders named RIT's 11th president". RIT. Retrieved 2025-01-28.