Robert Ross
Founder of Monmouth Academy
1852

Rev. David Alexander Wallace
1st President of MC
1856-1878

Rev. J.B. McMichael, D.D.
2nd President of MC
1878-1897

Rev. Samuel Ross Lyons, D.D.
3rd President of MC
1898-1901

Rev. T.H. McMichael, D.D.
4th President of MC
1903-1936

Rev. J.H. Grier, D.D.
5th President of MC
1936-1952

Rev. Robert W. Gibson
6th President of MC
1952-1964

G. Duncan Wimpress, Jr., Ph.D.
7th President of MC
1964-1970

Richard Dengler Stine, Ph.D.
8th President of MC
1970-1974

DeBow Freed, Ph.D.
9th President of MC
1974-1979

Bruce Haywood, Ph.D.
10th President of MC
1980-1994

Sue Ann Huseman, Ph.D.
11th President of MC
1994-1997

Richard Giese, Ph.D.
12th President of MC
1997-2005

Mauri A. Ditzler, Ph.D.
13th President of MC
2005 - Present

WHAT COLLEGE WAS MEANT TO BE

Founded in 1853, Monmouth College is a nationally-ranked liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Located in western Illinois, midway between Chicago and St. Louis, Monmouth has an enrollment of 1,350 students, most of whom live on campus in eleven attractive residence halls and a modern apartment complex.

Monmouth's faculty devotes its full attention to undergraduate teaching. A new general-education based curriculum, designed to better prepare students for the challenges of living and working in the 21st century, was recently adopted.