Anthony P. Monaco assumed office as the 13th President of Tufts University on August 1, 2011. He was preceded by the following Tufts University presidents:
Lawrence S. Bacow
President, 2001–2011
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972; JD, Harvard Law School, 1976; MPP (1976) and PhD (1978), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; Laurea, Politecnico di Bari, 2001; DHL, Hebrew College, 2004; LLD, University of Brighton, 2007
John DiBiaggio
President, 1992–2001
AB, Eastern Michigan University, 1954; DDS, University of Detroit, School of Dentistry, 1958; MA, University of Michigan, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 1967
Jean Mayer
President, 1976–1992
BLitt., University of Paris, 1937; BSc, 1938; MSc, 1939; PhD, Yale University, 1948; Dr.es.Sc., Sorbonne, 1950
Burton Crosby Hallowell
President, 1967–1976
AB, Wesleyan, 1936; MA, 1938; PhD, Princeton, 1949; LHD, Boston University, 1969; Wesleyan University, 1969; LLD, Northeastern, 1973; American International College, 1975; LHD, Tufts, 1976
Nils Yngve Wessell
President, 1953–1966
BS, Lafayette College, 1934; ScM, Brown, 1935; PhD, Rochester, 1938; ScEdD, Lafayette, 1951; LHD, Lesley College, 1955; LLD, Boston University, 1956; Boston College, 1957; Northeastern, 1958; Brown, 1958; JurD, Portia Law School, 1959; LittD, American International College, 1960; LHD, Brandeis, 1961
Leonard Carmichael
President, 1938–1952
BS, Tufts, 1920; PhD, Harvard, 1924; LD, Boston University, 1938; Colgate, 1938; Northeastern, 1941; Rhode Island State, 1942; St. Lawrence, 1943; LittD, Portia Law, 1939; Hon. ScD, Tufts, 1937; LHD, Maine, 1949
John Albert Cousens
Acting President, 1919–1920, President 1920–1937
AB, Tufts, 1898; LLD, Lombard, 1922; LLD, St. Lawrence, 1922; LLD, Tufts, 1930
Hermon Carey Bumpus
President, 1915–1919
PhB, Brown, 1884; PhD, Clark, 1891; Hon. ScD, Tufts, 1905; LLD, Clark University, 1909
Reverend Frederick W. Hamilton
Acting President, 1905–1906; President, 1906–1912
AB, Tufts, 1860; AM, 1886; Hon. DD, 1889; LLD, St. Lawrence, 1906
Reverend Elmer Hewitt Capen
President, 1875–1905
AB, Tufts, 1860; DD, St. Lawrence University
Reverend Alonzo Ames Miner
President, 1862–1875
DD (STD), Harvard, 1863; LLD, Tufts, 1875
Reverend Hosea Ballou II
President, 1853–1861
Hon. DD, Harvard, 1845
