Hall of Leadership

There have been a number of men over the history of the college/university that have led this campus through many trying and wonderful years. Below you will find a list that contains their dates of service and a picture of them if one was available.

• 1892 – 1894: William W. Prescott (1892-94)
• 1894 – 1897: Ernest A. Sutherland (1894-97)
• 1897 – 1898: Emmett J. Hibbard (1897-98)
• 1898 – 1900: Walter R. Sutherland (1898-1900)
• 1900 – 1902: Edwin L. Stewart (1900-02)
• 1902 – 1904: Charles C. Lewis (1902-04)
• 1904 – 1905: Joseph L. Kay (1904-05)
• 1905 – 1911: Marion E. Cady (1905-11)
• 1911 – 1917: Ernest C. Kellogg (1911-17)
• 1917 – 1930: Walter I. Smith (1917-30)
• 1930 – 1933: John E. Weaver (1930-33)
• 1933 – 1938: William M. Landeen (1933-38)
• 1938 – 1955: George W. Bowers (1938-55) (Second Picture)
• 1955 – 1964: Percy W. Christian (1955-64)
• 1964 – 1968: William H. Shephard (1964-68)
• 1968 – 1976: Robert L. Reynolds (1968-76)
• 1976 – 1985: N. Clifford Sorensen (1976-85)
• 1985 – 1990: H. J. Bergman (1985-90)
• 1990 – 1994: Niels-Erik Andreasen (1990-94)
• 1994 – 2001: William G. Nelson (1994-2001)
• 2001: John C. Brunt (2001)
• 2001 – 2002: N. Clifford Sorensen (2001-02)
• 2002 – 2006: Jon L. Dybdahl (2002-06)
• 2006 – 2024: John K. McVay (2006-24)
• 2024: Alex Bryan (2024-present)

This list was complied from information in “60 Years of Progress : the Anniversary History of Walla Walla College” (1952), Terrie Aamodt’s “A Bold Venture : a History of Walla Walla College” (1992), and other sources.