List of Presidents of Saint Louis University

The President of Saint Louis University is the chief executive officer of Saint Louis University.

Fred Pestello is the current President of Saint Louis University and has been president since 2014. He is Saint Louis University’s 33rd president.

Former presidents

Saint Louis College

• Francois Niel (1818–24)
• Edmund Saulnier (1825–27)
• Charles Felix Van Quickenborne, S.J. (1828–29)
• Peter Verhaegen, S.J. (1829–32)

Saint Louis University

• Peter Verhaegen, S.J. (1832–36)
• John A. Elet, S.J. (1836–40)
• James O. Van de Velde, S.J. (1840–43)
• George A. Carrell, S.J. (1843–47)
• John B. Druyts, S.J. (1847–54)
• John S. Verdin, S.J. (1854–59)
• Ferdinand Coosemans, S.J. (1859–62)
• Thomas O’Neil, S.J. (1862–68)
• Francis F. Stunteback, S.J. (1868–71)
• Joseph G. Zealand, S.J. (1871–74)
• Leopold Bushart, S.J. (1874–77)
• Joseph E. Keller, S.J. (1877–81)
• Rudolph J. Meyer, S.J. (1881–85)
• Henry Moeller, S.J. (1885–89)
• Edward J. Gleeson, S.J. (1889–90)
• Joseph Grimmelsman, S.J. (1890–98)
• James F. X. Hoeffer, S.J. (1898-1900)
• Williams Banks Rogers, S.J. (1900–08)
• John Pierre Frieden, S.J. (1908–11)
• Alexander J. Burrowes, S.J. (1911–13)
• Bernard J. Otting, S.J. (1913–20)
• William F. Robison, S.J. (1920–24)
• Charles Cloud, S.J. (1924–30)
• Robert S. Johnston, S.J. (1930–36)
• Harry B. Crimmins, S.J. (1936–42)
• Patrick J. Holloran, S.J. (1943–48)
• Paul C. Reinert, S.J. (1949–74)
• Daniel C. O’Connell, S.J. (1974–78)
• Edward Drummond, S.J. (1978–79)
• Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J. (1979–87)
• Lawrence H. Biondi, S.J. (1987-2013)
• William R. Kauffman, J.D. (interim, 2013-2014)
• Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D. (2014–present )

External links

• List of SLU presidents