List of Samford University presidents

This is a list of Samford University presidents. Samford University was originally known as Howard College.

Howard College

• Samuel Sterling Sherman (1842–1852)
• Henry Talbird (1853–1863)
• Jabez Curry (1865–1868)
• Edward Thornton (1868]–1869)
• Samuel Freeman (1869–1871)
• James Murfee (1871–1887)
• Benjamin Franklin Riley (1888–1893)
• Arthur McGaha (1893–1896)
• A. D. Smith (1896–1897)
• Frank Roof (1897–1902)
• Andrew Montague (1902–1912)
• James Shelborne (1912–1917)
• Charles Williams (1919–1921)
• John Dawson (1921–1932)
• Thomas Neal (1932–1939)
• Harwell Davis (1939–1958)

Samford University

• Leslie Wright, 1958–1983
• Thomas Corts, 1983–2006
• Andrew Westmoreland, 2006–2021
• Beck Taylor, 2021–

Gallery

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  Jabez Curry

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  Benjamin Franklin Riley

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  Thomas Corts

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  Andrew Westmoreland

External links

• Presidents of Samford University at samford.edu