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Name Title RPI Term
Amos Eaton (1776 - 1842) Senior Professor
Agent
1824-1842
George H. Cook (1818 - 1889) Senior Professor 1842-1846
Benjamin F. Greene (1817 - 1895) Senior Professor/Director 1847-1859
Charles Drowne (1824 - 1888) Director 1860-1875
William L. Adams (b. 1842) Director 1876-1878
David M. Greene (1832 - 1905) Director 1878-1891
Palmer C. Ricketts (1856 - 1934) President, Director 1892-1934
Ray P. Baker (1883 - 1979) Asst.Director
Dean of Students
Vice President
1930-1949 (Asst. Director)
1944-1949 (Dean of Students)
1949-1954 (Vice President)
Matthew A. Hunter (1878 - 1961) Dean of Faculty 1943-1949
Paul E. Hemke (1890 - 1974) Dean of Faculty
Provost
Vice President
1949-1958
Clayton O. Dohrenwend (1909 - 1986) Provost
Vice President
1959-1971
Robert G. Loewy (b. 1926) Vice-President Academic Affairs
Provost
1974-1978
Harrison Shull (1923 - 2003) Vice-President Academic Affairs
Provost
1979-1982
Daniel Berg (b. 1929) Rensselaer President 1983-1985
James D. Meindl (b. 1933) Vice President Academic Affairs
Provost
1986-1996
Gary Judd Dean of Faculty 1994-1997
Jack M. Wilson Dean of Faculty (acting)
Provost (acting)
1997-1998 (acting Dean of Faulty)
1998-2000 (acting Provost)
G.P. “Bud” Peterson Provost 2000-2006
Robert Palazzo Provost 2006-2012
Dr. Prabhat Hajela Provost 2012-Present
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