Ithaca College

Ithaca College is a private liberal arts college in Ithaca, New York, founded in 1892 as a music school, the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in downtown Ithaca.

Presidents

Current President

Ithaca's current president is Peggy R. Williams. President Williams assumed the presidency of Ithaca College on July 1, 1997. She is the College's seventh president and its first female president. Williams came to Ithaca from Lyndon State College, where she had been president since 1989. She had previously worked at Trinity College in Burlington, Vermont, as associate academic dean, chair of the business and economics department, and associate professor. She also held various positions within the Vermont State Colleges system. Before entering the field of higher education, Williams was a social worker for the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont and the Monroe County Department of Social Services in New York. Williams holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from St. Michael's College of the University of Toronto; a master of education degree from the University of Vermont; and a doctorate in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University. A native of Montreal, Williams has lived in the United States since 1968 and is a citizen of both the United States and Canada.

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July 1 - 1997 - Lyndon State College - 1989 - Trinity College - Burlington, Vermont - St. Michael's College - University of Toronto - University of Vermont - Montreal - 1968 - United States - Canada

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Former Presidents

• W. Grant Egbert (1892-1924) — Founder, musical director, and president of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, the predecessor of Ithaca College
• George C. Williams (1924-1932) — Second president of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music and first president of the renamed Ithaca College
• Leonard B. Job (1932-1957) — Guardian who successfully shepherded the College through the Great Depression and World War II
• Howard I. Dillingham (1957-1970) — Conductor of the movement that transported Ithaca College from downtown Ithaca to South Hill
• Ellis L. Phillips Jr. (1970-1975) — Credited with overseeing substantive, comprehensive changes to the College
• James J. Whalen (1975-1997) — Led the College through a time of unprecedented growth