President

The President of RPI is currently Martin (Marty) A. Schmidt.

President	Presidential Term	Notes
Samuel Blatchford	1824-1828
John Chester	1828-1829
Eliphalet Nott	1829 – 1845
Nathan S.S. Beman	1845 – 1865
John Flack Winslow	1865 – 1868
Thomas C. Brinsmade	1868
James Forsyth	1868 – 1886
William Gurley	1886 – 1887 (acting)
Albert E. Powers	1887 – 1888 (acting)
John H. Peck	1888 – 1901
Palmer C. Ricketts	1901-1934
Edwin Seton Jarrett	1934 – 1935 (acting)
William O. Hotchkiss	1935 – 1943
Livingston W. Houston	1944 – 1958
Richard Gilman Folsom	1958 – 1971
Richard J. Grosh	1971 – 1976
George M. Low	1976 – 1984
Daniel Berg	1984 – 1985 (acting), 1985 – 1987
Stanley I. Landgraf	1987 – 1988 (acting)
Roland Schmitt	1988 – 1993
R. Byron Pipes	1993 – 1998
Cornelius J. Barton	1998 – 1999 (acting)
The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson 2022, PhD, D.L. (Hon.), D.Sc. (Hon.), NAE President Emerita for Life	1999 - 2022
Marty Schmidt (Current)	2022 - Present