List of Presidents

List of C-N Presidents

Carson-Newman University has been faithfully led by 23 presidents since being founded in 1851. Below is the list of all presidents in order of service:

1. William Rogers (1851)
2. R.R. Bryan (1851-1853)
3. Samuel Anderson (1853-1857)
4. Matthew Hillsman (1858-1859)
5. N.B. Goforth (1859-1862)
6. R.R. Bryan (1866-1868)
7. Jesse Baker (1869-1870)
8. N.B. Goforth (1870-1882)
9. B.G. Manard (1882-1883)
10. S.W. Tindell (1883-1888)
11. W.A. Montgomery (1888-1892)
12. John T. Henderson (1893-1903)
13. M.D. Jeffries (1903-1912)
14. J.M. Burnett (1912-1917)
15. W.L. Gentry (1917-1919)
16. Oscar Sams (1920-1927)
17. James T. Warren (1927-1948)
18. D. Harley Fite (1948-1968)
19. John A. Fincher (1968-1977)
20. J. Cordell Maddox (1977-2000)
21. James S. Netherton (2000-2007)
22. J. Randall O’Brien (2008-2018)
23. Charles A. Fowler (2019-Present)