There are 32 past presidents of Saint Louis University. Their leadership dates back to 1818, when Saint Louis Academy (later known as Saint Louis College) was founded in a private residence near the Mississippi River at the request of the Rev. Louis William DuBourg, Catholic Bishop of Louisiana.
Presidents of Saint Louis College
- Reverend Francios Niel (1818-24)
- Reverend Edmund Saulnier (1825-27)
- Reverend Charles F. Van Quickenborne, S.J. (1828-29)
- Reverend Peter Verhaegen, S.J. (1829-32)
Presidents of Saint Louis University
- Reverend Peter Verhaegen, S.J. (1832-1836)
- Reverend John A. Elet, S.J. (1836-40)
- Reverend James O. Van de Velde, S.J. (1840-43)
- Reverend George A. Carrell, S.J. (1843-47)
- Reverend John B. Druyts, S.J. (1847-54)
- Reverend John S. Verdin, S.J. (1854-59)
- Reverend Ferdinand Coosemans, S.J. (1859-62)
- Reverend Thomas O’Neil, S.J. (1862-68)
- Reverend Francis F. Stuntebeck, S.J. (1868-71)
- Reverend Joseph G. Zealand, S.J. (1871-74)
- Reverend Leopold Bushart, S.J. (1874-77)
- Reverend Joseph E. Keller, S.J. (1877-81)
- Reverend Rudolph J. Meyer, S.J. (1881-85)
- Reverend Henry Moeller, S.J. (1885-89)
- Reverend Edward L. Gleeson, S.J. (1889-90)
- Reverend Joseph Grimmelsman, S.J. (1890-98)
- Reverend James F.X. Hoeffer, S.J. (1898-1900)
- Reverend Williams Banks Rogers, S.J. (1900-08)
- Reverend John Pierre Frieden, S.J. (1908-11)
- Reverend Alexander J. Burrowes, S.J. (1911-13)
- Reverend Bernard J. Otting, S.J. (1913-20)
- Reverend William Banks Robison, S.J. (1920-24)
- Reverend Charles Cloud, S.J. (1924-30)
- Reverend Robert S. Johnston, S.J. (1930-36)
- Reverend Harry B. Crimmins, S.J. (1936-42)
- Reverend Patrick J. Holloran, S.J. (1943-48)
- Reverend Paul C. Reinert, S.J. (1949-74)
- Reverend Daniel C. O’Connell, S.J. (1974-78)
- Reverend Edward Drummond, S.J. (1978-79)
- Reverend Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J. (1979-87)
- Reverend Lawrence Biondi, S.J. (1987-2013)
- William R. Kauffman, J.D. (2013-2014)