- 1834-1850 Charles Philip Krauth
- 1850-1868 Henry Lewis Baugher
- 1868-1884 Milton Valentine - Class of 1850
- 1884-1904 Harvey Washington McKnight - Class of 1865
- 1904-1910 Samuel Gring Hefelbower - Class of 1891
- 1910-1923 William Anthony Granville
- 1923-1952 Henry William Andrew Hanson
- 1952-1955 Walter Consuelo Langsam
- 1956-1961 Willard Stewart Paul
- 1961-1977 Carl Arnold Hanson
- 1977-1988 Charles Etzweiler Glassick
- 1990-2004 Gordon A. Haaland
- 2004-2008 Katherine Haley Will
- 2009-2019 Janet Morgan Riggs- Class of 1977
- 2019-Present Robert W. Iuliano
Biographical information is from “Gettysburg College,” a pictorial history by Prof. Michael J. Birkner in collaboration with David Crumplar, A Salutary Influence: Gettysburg College, 1832-1985 by Prof. Charles H. Glatfelter, and other sources.