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List of American University people

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This is a sorted list of notable persons who have had ties to the American University in Washington, D.C.

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	President	Tenure	Notable Events During Tenure
1.	Bishop John Fletcher Hurst	1890–1902	Ground broken to establish American University
2.	Bishop Charles Cardwell McCabe	1902–1906
3.	Franklin E. Hamilton	1907–1916	First class admitted
4.	Bishop John W. Hamilton	1916–1922	Campus turned into Camp Leach and Camp American University
5.	Lucius C. Clark	1922–1933	First undergraduates graduate
6.	Joseph M. M. Gray	1933–1941	AU becomes one of the first schools in a racially segregated city to admit African American students
7.	Paul Douglass	1941–1952	Title changed to "President", Washington College of Law merges into AU
8.	Hurst Robins Anderson	1952–1968	Kogod School of Business and School of International Service open
9.	George H. Williams	1968–1976	Downtown location closed
10.	Joseph J. Sisco	1976–1980	Bender Library opens and School of Communication established
11.	Richard E. Berendzen	1980–1990	Major campus construction, resigned in disgrace, treated, rehired, Professor Emeritus in Physics Department
12.	Joseph Duffey	1991–1994
13.	Benjamin Ladner	1994–2005	Launches major capital campaign, resigned in disgrace
14.	Neil Kerwin	2005–2017	Acting President during Ladner investigation. Announced as 14th President of American University on July 20, 2007, for the term beginning September 1, 2007
15.	Sylvia Burwell	2017– 2024	AU becomes first carbon neutral university in the US
16.	Jonathan Alger	Starting 2024

List of American University people