President and Trustees of Colby College
The President and Trustees of Colby College is an 501 organization which is the governing body of Colby College, a private liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine, USA. As of 2017, the president is David A. Greene, and the chair of Board is Eric S. Rosengren.
The organization provides general supervision of the administration and property of the College, including appointment of the President.
Structure
The bylaws of the corporation provide that membership shall consist of the current President, and not fewer than twenty-four nor more than thirty-five other Trustees. Not fewer than six nor more than nine of said Trustees shall be elected by the Colby College Alumni Association. The term of office of each Trustee lasts five years. The corporation meets three times annually. Both the faculty and the student body may elect two members each as representatives to attend meetings of the corporation, but not as voting members.Presidents
Order | Name | Position | Term Began | Term Ended | Alumnus/na? | Reference |
1 | Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin | President | 1822 | 1833 | no | |
2 | Rev. Rufus Babcock | President | 1833 | 1836 | no | |
3 | Robert Everett Pattison | President | 1836 | 1839 | no | |
4 | Eliphaz Fay | President | 1841 | 1843 | no | |
5 | David Newton Sheldon | President | 1843 | 1853 | no | |
6 | Robert Everett Pattison | President | 1854 | 1857 | no | |
7 | James Tift Champlin | President | 1857 | 1873 | no | |
8 | Henry Ephraim Robins | President | 1873 | 1882 | no | |
9 | George Dana Boardman Pepper | President | 1882 | 1889 | no | |
10 | Albion Woodbury Small | President | 1889 | 1892 | 1876 | |
11 | Beniah Longley Whitman | President | 1892 | 1895 | no | |
12 | Nathaniel Butler Jr. | President | 1896 | 1901 | 1873 | |
13 | Charles Lincoln White | President | 1901 | 1908 | no | |
14 | Arthur J. Roberts | President | 1908 | 1927 | 1890 | |
15 | Franklin W. Johnson | President | 1929 | 1942 | 1891 | |
16 | J. Seelye Bixler | President | 1942 | 1960 | no | |
17 | Robert E. L. Strider | President | 1960 | 1979 | no | |
18 | William R. Cotter | President | 1979 | 2000 | no | |
19 | William Drea Adams | President | 2000 | 2014 | no | |
20 | David A. Greene | President | 2014 | present | no |