Hall of Leadership

There have been a number of men over the history of the college/university that have led this campus through many trying and wonderful years. Below you will find a list that contains their dates of service and a picture of them if one was available.
1892 - 1894 | William W. Prescott (1892-94) |
1894 - 1897 | Ernest A. Sutherland (1894-97) |
1897 - 1898 | Emmett J. Hibbard (1897-98) |
1898 - 1900 | Walter R. Sutherland (1898-1900) |
1900 - 1902 | Edwin L. Stewart (1900-02) |
1902 - 1904 | Charles C. Lewis (1902-04) |
1904 - 1905 | Joseph L. Kay (1904-05) |
1905 - 1911 | Marion E. Cady (1905-11) |
1911 - 1917 | Ernest C. Kellogg (1911-17) |
1917 - 1930 | Walter I. Smith (1917-30) |
1930 - 1933 | John E. Weaver (1930-33) |
1933 - 1938 | William M. Landeen (1933-38) |
1938 - 1955 | George W. Bowers (1938-55) (Second Picture) |
1955 - 1964 | Percy W. Christian (1955-64) |
1964 - 1968 | William H. Shephard (1964-68) |
1968 - 1976 | Robert L. Reynolds (1968-76) |
1976 - 1985 | N. Clifford Sorensen (1976-85) |
1985 - 1990 | H. J. Bergman (1985-90) |
1990 - 1994 | Niels-Erik Andreasen (1990-94) |
1994 - 2001 | William G. Nelson (1994-2001) |
2001 | John C. Brunt (2001) |
2001 - 2002 | N. Clifford Sorensen (2001-02) |
2002 - 2006 | Jon L. Dybdahl (2002-06) |
2006 - present | John K. McVay (2006-present) |
This list was complied from information in “60 Years of Progress : the Anniversary History of Walla Walla College” (1952), Terrie Aamodt’s “A Bold Venture : a History of Walla Walla College” (1992), and other sources.