List of Purdue University presidents
has had 11 presidents since it was founded in 1869.1. Richard Owen
2. Abram C. Shortridge
3. Emerson E. White
4. James H. Smart
5. Winthrop E. Stone
6. Edward C. Elliott
7. Frederick L. Hovde
8. Arthur G. Hansen
9. Steven C. Beering
10. Martin C. Jischke
11. France A. Córdova
Interim: Timothy Sands
12. Mitchell E. Daniels
