Past Rectors

* W&L alumnus      + died in office

• Robert Alexander, A.M., Augusta Academy 1749-1762
• John Brown, D.D., Augusta Academy 1762-1776
• William Graham, A.M., Liberty Hall Academy 1776-1796
• Samuel Legrande Campbell *, M.D, Liberty Hall Academy 1797-1798
  Washington Academy 1798-1799
• George Addison Baxter *, D.D., Washington Academy 1799-1813, Washington College 1813-1829
• Louis Marshall, M.D., Washington College 1830-1834
• Henry Vethake, M.D., LL.D., Washington College 1834-1836
• Henry Ruffner *, D.D., LL.D., Washington College 1836-1848
• George Junkin, D.D., Washington College 1848-1861
• John W. Brockenbrough, LL.D., Washington College 1865-1871

Washington and Lee University

• John W. Brockenbrough, LL.D., 1871-1872
• Alfred Leyburn *, M.D., 1872-1878
• Francis T. Anderson *, 1879-1887
• William McLaughlin, 1888-1898
• Givens Brown Strickler *, D.D., 1899-1913
• William A. Anderson, LL.B., 1913-1924
• Lucian Howard Cocke *, LL.B., 1924-1928
• George Walker St. Clair, 1929-1938
• George Campbell Peery *, B.L. (acting), 1939-1939
• Herbert Fitzpatrick *, B.L., 1940-1952
• James Randolph Caskie *, LL.B., 1953-1963
• James Morrison Hutcheson *, 1964-1964
• Huston W. St. Clair *, 1965-1970
• John Newton Thomas *, 1970-1974
• Rosser Lynn Malone, Jr. *, LL.B., 1974-1974
• Edgar Marshall Nuckols, Jr. *, J.D., 1974-1981
• James McMorrow Ballengee, Sr. *, J.D., 1981-1990
• Algene Stevens Miles, Jr. *, 1990-1997
• James Frank Surface, Jr. *, 1997-2003
• Philip Weltner Norwood *, 2003-2008
• Jack Donald Childress *, 2008-2020
• Michael Richard McAlevey *, 2020-2024