Dr. Jeff Hennessy,
President and Vice-Chancellor

History


Dr. Jeff Hennessy became Acadia's 17th president on September 1, 2023.

Past presidents of Acadia University:

  • The Rev'd Dr. John Pryor (1846-1850)
  • The Rev'd Dr. John Mockett Cramp (1851-1853 and 1856-1869)
  • The Rev'd Dr. Edmund Albern Crawley (1853-1856)
  • The Rev'd Dr. Artemus Wyman Sawyer (1869-1896)
  • The Rev'd Dr. Thomas Trotter (1897-1906)
  • The Rev'd Dr. W.B. Hutchinson (1907-1909)
  • The Rev'd Dr. George Barton Cutten (1910-1922)
  • The Rev'd Dr. Frederic William Patterson (1923-1948)
  • Dr. Watson Kirkconnell (1948-1964)
  • Dr. James MacDonald Richardson Beveridge (1964-1978)
  • Dr. Alan Sinclair, QC (1978-1981)
  • The Rev'd Dr. James R.C. Perkin (1981-1993)
  • Dr. Kelvin K. Ogilvie (1993-2003)
  • Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb (2003-2008)
  • Raymond E. Ivany (2009-2017)
  • Dr. Peter J. Ricketts (2017-2023)