Chairs of the Board of Trustees
T. R. Welch 1872-1883
A. R. Kennedy 1883-1890
J. W. Butler 1890-1893
H. G. Bunn 1893-1899
Charles F. Penzel 1899-1901
James P. Coffin 1901-1926
Thomas C. McRae 1926-1929
Stuart R. Oglesby, Jr 1929
Van M. Howell 1930-1933
H. L. Paisley 1934-1938
David Shepperson, Sr 1939-1940
J. Herndon McCain 1941-1944
S. M. Bone 1944-1956
John P. Morrow, Sr 1956-1966
Shuford R. Nichols 1966-1976
Frank Lyon, Sr 1976-1987
Robert A. Young III 1987-1995
Graham Holloway 1995-1998
Robert A. Young III 1998-2003
Frank Lyon, Jr 2003-2006
Raymond A. LaCroix, Jr 2006-2012
Perry Wilson 2012-2023
Victor Werley 2023-
Presidents of Lyon College
Isaac J. Long 1872-1891
Eugene R. Long 1891-1895
John I. Cleland 1895-1897
Eugene R. Long 1897-1913
J. P. Robertson 1913-1915
W. S. Lacy 1916-1923
E. B. Tucker 1923-1931
Ury McKenzie 1931-1932
W. S. Lacy 1932-1937
John Crockett 1937-1939
John D. Spragins 1942-1952
Paul M. McCain 1952-1969
R. W. Wygle 1969-1972
Dan C. West 1972-1988
John V. Griffith 1989-1997
Walter B. Roettger 1998-2009
Donald V. Weatherman 2009-2017
W. Joseph King 2017-2021
Melissa Taverner 2021-
Academic Deans of Lyon College
Evander D. Brown 1917-1918
Eugene R. Long 1918-1919
R. K. Timmons 1919-1925
Lincoln Barker 1925-1929
Samuel Watkins Williams 1929-1932
Thomas M. Lowry, Jr 1932-1936
Samuel Watkins Williams 1936-1945
Harry King 1945-1954
Lorne K. McAdams 1954-1957
Harry King 1957-1958
Roland B. Dickison 1958-1962
Roberta Dorr Brown 1962-1964
Glen Haddock 1964-1966
Roberta Dorr Brown 1966-1973
Edward N. Mosley 1973-1975
Robert E. Knott 1975-1977
Roberta Dorr Brown 1977-1978
John T. Dahlquist 1978-1992
Robert K. Holyer 1992-1997
J. William Moncrief 1997-2000
John M. Peek 2000-2010
Virginia F. Wray 2010-2015
Philip Cavalier 2015-2017
Paul Bube 2017-2018
Melissa Taverner 2018-2021
Anthony K. Grafton 2021-