List of presidents of Washington & Jefferson College

[3][4] It was built in 1892 by the Duncan family and is an archetypical Queen Anne Victorian style building, with ornate "gingerbread" details, stained and beveled glass, recessed doors and windows, and louvered wooden shutters.

[6] No one may be excluded from holding the presidency on "account of the religious sect or denomination to which he belongs or adheres, provided he shall demean himself in a soberly, orderly manner, and conform to the lawful rules and regulations of the college.

[10] During World War II, Ralph Cooper Hutchison simultaneously served as president of the college and as Director of Civilian Defense for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

[11] Boyd Crumrine Patterson was the most recent Washington & Jefferson alumnus to serve as president.

[12] Thaddeus Dod built his college in Lower Ten Mile in 1781, teaching mathematics and the classics.

[13] In 1787, Washington Academy was officially chartered, and Thaddeus Dod was named the first principal on January 20, 1789, a position he held until July 1790.

[16] In 1806, Matthew Brown began his term that would end later that year with the chartering of Washington College.