Past Presidents

• Nicholas Ladany, 2020-2023
• Lawrence M. Schall, 2005- 2020
• Larry Denton Large, 1999-2005
• Donald Sheldon Stanton, 1988-1999
• Manning Mason Pattillo Jr., 1975-1988
• Paul Kenneth Vonk, 1967-1975
• Paul Rensselaer Beall, 1965-1967
• George Seward, 1964-1965 (Acting)
• Donald Charles Agnew, 1958-1964
• Donald Wilson, 1956-1957
• James Whitney Bunting, 1953-1955
• Philip Weltner, 1944-1953
• Thornwell Jacobs, 1915-1943
• David Wills, 1870-1872
• William M. Cunningham, 1869-1870
• Samuel Kennedy Talmage, 1841-1865
• Carlyle Pollock Beman, 1836-1840

Learn about College Presidents for Gun Safety, an advocacy initiative launched by Oglethorpe University President Larry Schall following the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December 2012.