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)
Related Offices
Contact
Office of the President & Vice-Chancellor
15 University Avenue
Acadia University
Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6
president@acadiau.ca
902-585-1218