List of presidents of the University of Pennsylvania

The following is a list of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, which began operating in 1751 as a secondary school, the Academy of Philadelphia, and added an institution of higher learning in 1755, the College of Philadelphia.

A 1777 portrait of Benjamin Franklin , Penn's founder, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze .
The Rev. John Andrews, D.D. , Provost 1810-1813