Past Presidents
Image: President Haney during graduation
Since the founding of Hiram College in 1850, each president has been dedicated to shaping both the future of the College and its students during their term.

Lori Varlotta
2014-2020

Thomas V. Chema
2003-2014

Richard J. Scaldini
2000-2003

G. Benjamin Oliver
1989-2000

James Norton
1988-1989

Russell Aiuto
1985-1988

Elmer Jagow
1966-1985

Wendell G Johnson
1965-1966

James N. Primm
1964-1965

Paul F. Sharp
1957-1964

Paul H. Fall
1940-1957

Kenneth I. Brown
1930-1940

Miner Lee Bates
1907-1930

Carlos C. Rowlison
1905-1907

Edmund B. Wakefield
1903-1905

James A. Beattie
1902-1903

Ely V. Zollars
1888-1902

Colman Bancroft
1887-1888

George M. Laughlin
1883-1887

Burke A. Hinsdale
1870-1882

John M. Atwater
1866-67 & 1868-70

Silas E. Shepard
1867-1868

Adoniram J. Thomson
1865-66

C.W. Heywood
1864-1865

Harvey W. Everest
1861-1864

James A. Garfield
1857-1863

Amos S. Hayden
1850-1856