Presidents of the University of Michigan
The President is an important figure in shaping the mission and the structure of their University. The information below gives biographical information about each President and the Presidents' wives.
Note: Some links lead to web sites outside the Library's own site.
- The Presidents of the University of Michigan
- The Autobiography of Erastus O. Haven
- Biography of James J. Duderstadt from a Bentley Online Finding Aid (EAD)
Further Reading:
- Adventurous Idealism --The Philosophy of Alfred Lloyd by Evelyn Urban Shirk (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1952)
- Alexander Grant Ruthven of Michigan: Biography of a University President by Peter E. Van de Water (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman's Publishing Co., 1977)
- The Evolving Role of the President's Wife at the University of Michigan: A Special Tea with Anne Hatcher, Sally Fleming, and Vivian Shapiro edited by Kathleen Koehler (Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, 1989)
- Harry Burns Hutchins and the University of Michigan by Shirley W. Smith (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1951)
- Henry Philip Tappan: Philosopher and University President by Charles M. Perry (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1933)
- History of the University of Michigan by Burke A. Hinsdale, ed. by Isaac N. Demmon. (Ann Arbor, MI: Published by the University, 1906)
- James Burrill Angell: An American Influence by Shirley W. Smith (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1954)
- John Monteith, First President of the University of Michigan by Roscoe O. Bonisteel (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1967)
- Marion LeRoy Burton by University Press Club of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI: University Press Club, 1925)
- A Memorial Discourse on the Life and Services of Henry Simmons Frieze, LL.D. by James B. Angell (Ann Arbor, MI: The University, 1890)
- Michigan Memories: Jim and Anne Duderstadt by James J. Duderstadt (Ann Arbor, MI?: J. and A. Duderstadt, 1999-)
- Tempest into Rainbows: Managing Turbulence by Robben W. Fleming (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1996)