List of Samford University presidents
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This is a list of Samford University presidents. Samford University was originally known as Howard College.
Howard College, Marion
- Samuel Sterling Sherman (1842 – 1852)
- Henry Talbird (1853 – 1863)
- Jabez Curry (1865 – 1868)
- Edward Q. Thornton (1868 – 1869)
- Samuel R. Freeman (1869 – 1871)
- James T. Murfee (1871 – 1887)
Howard College, East Lake
- Benjamin Franklin Riley (1888 –1893)
- Arthur W. McGaha (1893 – 1896)
- A.D. Smith (1896 –1897)
- Frank M. Roof (1897 – 1902)
- Andrew P. Montague (1902 – 1912)
- James M. Shelborne (1912 – 1917)
- Charles B. Williams (1919 – 1921)
- John C. Dawson (1921 – 1932)
- Thomas V. Neal (1932 – 1939)
Howard College, Shades Valley
- Harwell G. Davis (1939 – 1958)
Samford University, Shades Valley
- Leslie Stephen Wright (1958 – 1983)
- Thomas E. Corts (1983 – 2006)
- Andrew Westmoreland (2006 – present)