List of presidents of the University of Pennsylvania

The following is a list of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, which began operating in 1751 as a secondary school, the Academy of Philadelphia, and added an institution of higher learning in 1755, the College of Philadelphia.

No.	Provost	Birth–death	Years as provost	Name of institution
Leaders of predecessor non-collegiate schools 1740–1754
–	The Reverend George Whitefield	1714–1770	1740–1749	Unnamed Charity School
–	Benjamin Franklin	1706–1790	1749–1754	Academy of Philadelphia
Provosts 1754–1930
1	The Reverend William Smith	1727–1803	1754–1779	College of Philadelphia
2	The Reverend John Ewing	1732–1802	1779–1802	University of Pennsylvania
Position vacant 1802–1806
3	The Reverend John McDowell	1820–1820	1807–1810	University of Pennsylvania
4	The Reverend John Andrews	1746–1813	1810–1813	University of Pennsylvania
5	The Reverend Frederick Beasley	1777–1845	1813–1828	University of Pennsylvania
6	The Right Reverend William Heathcote DeLancey	1797–1865	1828–1834	University of Pennsylvania
7	The Reverend John Ludlow	1793–1857	1834–1852	University of Pennsylvania
8	The Reverend Henry Vethake	1790–1866	1853–1859	University of Pennsylvania
9	The Reverend Daniel Raynes Goodwin	1811–1890	1860–1868	University of Pennsylvania
10	Charles Janeway Stillé	1819–1899	1868–1880	University of Pennsylvania
11	William Pepper	1843–1898	1881–1894	University of Pennsylvania
12	Charles Custis Harrison	1844–1929	1894–1910	University of Pennsylvania
13	Edgar Fahs Smith	1854–1928	1910–1920	University of Pennsylvania
Interim	Josiah Harmar Penniman	1868–1940	July 1, 1920 – January 15, 1923	University of Pennsylvania
14	Josiah Harmar Penniman	1868–1940	January 15, 1923 – June 30, 1930	University of Pennsylvania

The following persons had led the University since 1930 as president:

No.	President	Term start	Term end
1	Thomas Sovereign Gates	July 1, 1930	June 30, 1944
2	George William McClelland	June 30, 1944	September 19, 1948
3	Harold Stassen	September 20, 1948	January 20, 1953
Acting	William Hagan DuBarry	January 21, 1953	May 24, 1953
4	Gaylord Probasco Harnwell	May 25, 1953	August 31, 1970
5	Martin Meyerson	September 1, 1970	January 31, 1981
6	Sheldon Hackney	February 1, 1981	June 30, 1993
Interim	Claire Fagin	July 1, 1993	June 30, 1994
7	Judith Rodin	July 1, 1994	June 30, 2004
8	Amy Gutmann	July 1, 2004	February 8, 2022
Interim	Wendell Pritchett	February 9, 2022	June 30, 2022
9	M. Elizabeth Magill	July 1, 2022	December 9, 2023
Interim	J. Larry Jameson	December 12, 2023	March 13, 2025
10	J. Larry Jameson	March 13, 2025	Present