Lehigh University is an American private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer with a founding gift of $500,000. The President's Office is in the Alumni Memorial Building which is located on the west side of the Asa Packer Campus in South Side Bethlehem. The President's House is situated just a few meters to the southeast of the Alumni Memorial Building.[1]
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President
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Birth–Death
Tenure
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1
Henry Coppée
1821–1895
1866–1875
Soldier, author, and engineer.
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2
John McDowell Leavitt
1824–1909
1875–1880
Episcopal clergyman.
3
Robert Alexander Lamberton
1824–1893
1880–1893
Lawyer.
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4
Thomas Messinger Drown
1842–1904
1895–1904
Chemistry professor.
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5
Henry Sturgis Drinker
1850–1937
1905–1920
Mechanical engineer and first alumnus (Class of 1871) to serve as president.
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6
Charles Russ Richards
1871–1941
1922–1935
Presided over first graduate degrees awarded to women.
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7
Clement C. Williams
1882–1947
1935–1944
Civil engineer.
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8
Martin D. Whitaker
1902–1960
1946–1960
Physicist; Worked on the Manhattan Project.
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9
Harvey A. Neville
1898–1983
1961–1964
Only faculty member ever elected president.
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10
W. Deming Lewis
1915–1989
1964–1982
Presided over admission of undergraduate women.
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11
Peter Likins
b. 1936
1982–1997
Civil engineer.
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William C. Hittinger
1922–2013
1997–1998
Class of 1944; electrical engineer, served on an interim basis.
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12
Gregory C. Farrington
b. 1947
1998–2006
Chemist.
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13
Alice P. Gast
b. 1958
2006–2014
Lehigh's first female president, chemical engineer.
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Kevin Clayton
2014–2015
Class of 1984; Principal & Director of Oaktree Capital Management, served on an interim basis.
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14
John D. Simon
2015–2021
Chemist.
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Nathan Urban
2021
University's provost and senior vice president for academic affairs; served on an interim basis from July 1 to August 15.
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15
Joseph J. Helble
2021–
Chemical engineer. Previously provost of Dartmouth College. Second alumnus (Class of 1982) to serve as president. Term began August 16.
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^Asa Packer Campus (map) – Lehigh University.
^Henry Coppée (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers. Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, 1896.
^Thomas Messinger Drown (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Henry Sturgis Drinker (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Charles Russ Richards (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Clement C. Williams (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Martin Dewey Whitaker (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Harvey A. Neville (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^W. Deming Lewis (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Peter Likins (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^William C. Hittinger (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Gregory C. Farrington (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^Alice P. Gast (biography) – Lehigh University. Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^"Kevin Clayton '84 '13P Appointed Interim President," Lehigh University, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
^"John D. Simon Named Lehigh's 14th President," Lehigh University, Friday, October 17, 2014.
^"John D. Simon Officially Assumes Presidency of Lehigh University." Lehigh University, Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
^"Lehigh President John D. Simon to Step Down in June 2021," Lehigh University, Friday, September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020
^ abHochbein, Kelly. "Joseph J. Helble ’82 Named Lehigh’s 15th President," Lehigh University, Monday, April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021
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