1st President
Rev. Stephen Olin
Native of Vermont, President for three years, resigned for health reasons. (1834-1836)
2nd President
Dr. Landon C. Garland
A.M., Hampden-Sydney College, President for ten years. (1836-1846)
3rd President
Rev. William A. Smith (Dr.)
President from 1846 until the operation of the College was temporarily suspended because of the Civil War. Dr. Smith was commissioned a Colonel in the Confederate Army. Randolph-Macon closed in February 1863 and classes did not resume until 1866.
4th President
Col. Thomas C. Johnson
Native of Lynchburg, elected in 1866, resigned in 1868 just prior to the opening of the college in Ashland.
5th President
Rev. James A. Duncan
Elected in 1868, a Methodist Minister and RMC Alumnus, served as President until his death in September 1877.
6th President
Rev. W.W. Bennett
Served as President from 1877 until 1886.
7th President
Dr. William Waugh Smith
1886-1897
8th President
Dr. John A. Kern
1897-1899
9th President
Dr. W.G. Starr
1899-1902
10th President
Dr. Robert Emory Blackwell
Named acting President in 1902, was elected President in June 1903, and held that office until his death in June 1938. He was a member of the first student body in the new location in Ashland, was an instructor, professor, and president. Dr. S.C. Hatcher served as acting President during the academic year 1938-39.
11th President
Dr. J. Earl Moreland
1939 – July 1967
12th President
Luther W. White, III
July 1967 – June 1979
13th President
Dr. C. Ladell Payne
July 1979 – June 1997
14th President
Dr. Roger H. Martin
July 1997 – January 2006
15th President
Robert R. Lindgren
February 2006 – present