Past Presidents

2020 – Present
Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar
University of Lynchburg’s 11th president

Alison Morrison-Shetlar

2001 – 2020
Dr. Kenneth R. Garren
Lynchburg College’s 10th president.

In 2018, Lynchburg College changed its name to University of Lynchburg.

Kenneth Garren

1993 – 2001
Dr. Charles O. Warren
Lynchburg College’s 9th president

Charles Warren

1983 – 1993
Dr. George N. Rainsford
Lynchburg College’s 8th president

George Rainsford

1964 – 1983
Dr. M. Carey Brewer ’49, ’85 LLD
Lynchburg College’s 7th president

Carey Brewer

1949 – 1964
Dr. Orville W. Wake ’32
Lynchburg College’s 6th president

Orville Wake

1936 – 1949
Dr. Riley B. Montgomery
Lynchburg College’s 5th president

Riley Montgomery

1915 – 1936
Dr. John T. T. Hundley
Lynchburg College’s 4th president.

In 1919, Virginia Christian College changed its name to Lynchburg College.

John Hundley

1914 – 1915
George P. Coler
Acting president for one year; not counted as an official president.

George Coler

1912 – 1914
G.O. Davis
Virginia Christian College’s 3rd president

G.O. Davis

1911 – 1912
Dr. S.T. Willis
Virginia Christian College’s 2nd president

S.T. Willis

1903 – 1911
Dr. Josephus Hopwood

Founder and 1st president of Virginia Christian College (established in 1903)