Presidents of Thiel College:

2009-                  Troy D. VanAken, Ph.D
2007-2009           Robert C. Olson, Ph.D. Class of 1960
1999-2007           Lance A. Masters, Ph. D.
1991-1998           C. Carlyle Haaland, Ph. D.
1976-1990           The Rev. Louis Almen, Ph. D.
1974-1975           Frank Bretz, Ph. D.
1961-1974           Chauncey G. Bly, M.D., Ph.D.
1952-1960           Fredric B. Irvin, Ph.D.
1942-1951           William F. Zimmerman, Ph. D.
1934-1940           The Rev. Earl S. Rudisill, Ph.D.
1926-1933           The Rev. E. Clyde Xander
1923-1925           The Rev. Carl A. Sunberg
1916-1921           The Rev. Henry W. Elson, Ph. D., Class of 1886
1914-1916           Professor Franklin B. Sawvel
1909-1913           The Rev. C. Theodore Benze
1893-1902           The Rev. Theophilus B. Roth, Class of 1874
1891-1893           The Rev. Frederick A. Muhlenberg
1888-1890           The Rev. W. A. Beates
1870-1887           The Rev H. W. Roth

Acting Presidents of Thiel College:

1973-1974           Dr. Frank H. Bretz (Chief Executive Officer)
1951-1951           Dr. Edwin F. Hodge
1941-1942           The Hon. George H. Rowley
1925-1926           The Rev. Benjamen H. Pershing
1921-1923           The Rev. E. F. Ritter
1913-1914           Professor Franklin B. Sawvel
1902-1903           The Rev. J. C. Kunzman
1890-1891           The Rev. A. G. Voight
1888-1889           The Rev. David McKee