Past Presidents

List of Southwestern College Presidents

John E. Earp
1886-1890

Milton E. Phillips
1890-1894

Chester E. Place
1895-1899

Fred C. Demorest
1900-1903

George F. Cook
1903-1905

Frank E. Mossman
1905-1918

Albert E. Kirk
1919-1928

Ezra T. Franklin
1928-1931

Frank E. Mossman
1931-1942

Charles E. Scholfield
1942-1944

Mearl P. Culver
1945-1949

Raymond E. Dewey
Interim President in 1949

Alvin W. Murray
1949-1953

Raymond E. Dewey
Interim President, 1953-1954

C. Orville Strohl
1954-1972

Donald B. Ruthenberg
1972-1980

Robert Paul Sessions
1981-1984

Bruce P. Blake
1984-1988

Carl E. Martin
1988-1998

William Richard Merriman, Jr.
1998-2015

Bradley J Andrews
2015-2022

Elizabeth Frombgen
2022-Present