Draft:List of presidents of Bowdoin College

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No.	Name	Term	Notes
1	Joseph McKeen (1757–1807)	1802 – 1807	First president of Bowdoin College.
2	Jesse Appleton (1772–1819)	1807 – 1819	Appleton Hall is named for him.
3	William Allen (1784–1868)	1820 – 1839
4	Leonard Woods (1807–1878)	1839 – 1866
5	Samuel Harris (1814–1899)	1867 – 1871	First president to be a Bowdoin alumni. First president to be born in Maine.
6	Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914)	1871 – 1883	Bowdoin alumni. Chamberlain Hall is named for him.
7	William De Witt Hyde (1858–1917)	1885 – 1917	Hyde Hall and Hyde Plaza are named for him.
8	Kenneth C.M. Sills (1879–1954)	1918 – 1952	Bowdoin alumni. Was president for 34 years, longer than any other president. Sills Hall is named for him.
9	James S. Coles (1913–1996)	1952 – 1967	Coles Tower is named for him.
10	Roger Howell Jr. (1936–1989)	1969 – 1978	Bowdoin alumni.
11	Willard F. Enteman (b. 1936)	1978 – 1980	Shortest term of any president.
12	A. LeRoy Greason (1922–2011)	1981 – 1990	LeRoy Greason Pool is named for him
13	Robert H. Edwards (b. 1935)	1990 – 2001	The Edwards Center for Art and Dance is named for him.
14	Barry Mills (b. 1950)	October 2001 – July 1, 2015	Mills Hall is named for him.
15	Clayton Rose (b. 1958)	July 1, 2015 – July 1, 2023	The Roux Center for the Environment, the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, and the Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies, opened during his presidency.
16	Safa Zaki	July 1, 2023 – Incumbent	First female president of Bowdoin College.

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