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===Presidents=== [[File:Mark_Hopkins_circa_1840s.jpg|thumb|[[Mark Hopkins (educator)|Mark Hopkins]] was the fourth and longest-serving president of Williams College.]] The Office of the President is located in Hopkins Hall, named after [[Mark Hopkins (educator)|Mark Hopkins]], Williams's fourth president, and the president of the college lives in the Samuel Sloan House, erected in 1801.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.williams.edu/2010/03/presidents-house-1801-samuel-sloan-house/|title=President's House β 1801 (Samuel Sloan House)|work=Facilities |publisher=Williams College|access-date=January 10, 2011|archive-date=July 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720114604/http://facilities.williams.edu/2010/03/presidents-house-1801-samuel-sloan-house/|url-status=live}}</ref> Before moving into the Samuel Sloan House, the president originally lived in a nearby house where Hopkins Hall now stands.<ref>Perry, 231</ref> The house has been renovated multiple times since originally being built, including over $500,000 in renovations in 2000 and 2001.<ref name=house/> Since its creation in 1793, Williams College has had 17 full-time presidents and two interim presidents. The 18th president and current president is [[Maud Mandel]], who began her tenure on July 1, 2018. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:72%" |-valign="top" ! width="*%"| # ! width="27%"| Name ! width="16%"| Term begin ! width="16%"| Term end ! width="*%"| Notes ! width="6%"| References |- | 1 | [[Ebenezer Fitch]] | 1793 | 1815 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/fitch-ebenezer.php|title=Fitch, Ebenezer 1793β1815|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510234650/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/fitch-ebenezer.php|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 2 | [[Zephaniah Swift Moore]] | 1815 | 1821 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/moore-zephaniah-swift.php|title=Moore, Zephaniah Swift 1815β1821|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711100145/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/moore-zephaniah-swift.php|archive-date=July 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 3 | [[Edward Dorr Griffin]] | 1821 | 1836 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/griffin-edward-dorr.php|title=Griffin, Edward Dorr 1821β1836|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510234656/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/griffin-edward-dorr.php|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 4 | [[Mark Hopkins (educator)|Mark Hopkins]] | 1836 | 1872 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/greylock/mhopkins.php|title=Hopkins, Mark 1836β1872|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705031058/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/greylock/mhopkins.php|archive-date=July 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 5 | [[Paul A. Chadbourne|Paul Ansel Chadbourne]] | 1872 | 1881 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/chadbourne-paul-ansel.php|title=Chadbourne, Dr. Paul Ansel 1872β1881|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510234833/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/chadbourne-paul-ansel.php|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 6 | [[Franklin Carter]] | 1881 | 1901 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/greylock/fcarter.php|title=Carter, Franklin 1881β1901|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503195122/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/greylock/fcarter.php|archive-date=May 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | * | [[John Haskell Hewitt]] | 1901 | 1902 | Acting president | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/hewitt-henry-haskell.php|title=Hewitt, John Haskell (acting) 1901β1902|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510164045/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/hewitt-henry-haskell.php|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 7 | [[Henry Hopkins (pastor)|Henry Hopkins]] | 1902 | 1908 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/hopkins-henry.php|title=Hopkins, Henry 1902β1908|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510235001/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/hopkins-henry.php|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 8 | [[Harry Augustus Garfield]] | 1908 | 1934 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/presidents/garfield.php|title=Garfield, Harry Augustus 1908β1934|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510162102/http://archives.williams.edu/presidents/garfield.php|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 9 | [[Tyler Dennett]] | 1934 | 1937 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/dennett-tyler.php|title=Dennett, Tyler 1934β1937|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517214100/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/biographies/dennett-tyler.php|archive-date=May 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 10 | [[James Phinney Baxter III]] | 1937 | 1961 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/presidents/baxter.php|title=Baxter, James Phinney 1937β1961|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608160136/http://archives.williams.edu/presidents/baxter.php|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 11 | [[John Edward Sawyer]] | 1961 | 1973 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/sawyerlibrary/jsawyer.php|title=Sawyer, John Edward 1961β1973|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608153857/http://archives.williams.edu/williamshistory/sawyerlibrary/jsawyer.php|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 12 | [[John Chandler (educator)|John Wesley Chandler]] | 1973 | 1985 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/presidents/chandler.php|title=Chandler, John Wesley 1973β1985|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608153153/http://archives.williams.edu/presidents/chandler.php|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 13 | [[Francis Christopher Oakley]] | 1985 | 1993 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/presidents/oakley.php|title=Oakley, Francis Christopher 1985β1993|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608153847/http://archives.williams.edu/presidents/oakley.php|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 14 | [[Harry C. Payne|Harry Charles Payne]] | 1994 | 1999 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/presidents/payne.php|title=Payne, Harry Charles 1994β1999|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608155815/http://archives.williams.edu/presidents/payne.php|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 15 | [[Carl W. Vogt]] | 1999 | 2000 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/presidents/vogt.php|title=Vogt, Carl W. 1999β2000|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608161359/http://archives.williams.edu/presidents/vogt.php|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 16 | [[Morton O. Schapiro|Morton Owen Schapiro]] | 2000 | 2009 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.williams.edu/presidents/schapiro.php|title=Schapiro, Morton Owen 2000β2009|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=19 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608155611/http://archives.williams.edu/presidents/schapiro.php|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | * | [[William G. Wagner]] | 2009 | 2010 | Interim president | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://specialcollections.williams.edu/williams-history/presidents/wagner-william/|title=Wagner, William G. (interim) 2009β2010|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702202938/https://specialcollections.williams.edu/williams-history/presidents/wagner-william/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 17 | [[Adam Falk]] | 2010 | 2017 | | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://specialcollections.williams.edu/williams-history/presidents/falk-adam/|title=Falk, Adam 2010β|work=Williams College Archives and Special Collections|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703145114/https://specialcollections.williams.edu/williams-history/presidents/falk-adam/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/6_29_2017_falk/|title=Williams College President Adam Falk to Step Down Dec. 31|work=Williams College News Releases|access-date=29 June 2017|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702001642/https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/6_29_2017_falk/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | * | [[Protik Majumder]] | 2017 |2018 | Interim president | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://president.williams.edu/presidential-search/|title=Presidential Search|publisher=Williams College|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703145114/https://president.williams.edu/presidential-search/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |18 |[[Maud Mandel]] |2018 | - | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/3_13_2018_newpresident//|title=Maud S. Mandel Named 18th President of Williams College|publisher=Williams College|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703133438/https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/3_13_2018_newpresident/|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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