History
All the presidents
Here's the lineup of Iowa State's 16 presidents, from Adonijah Welch, the university's first president who took office in 1868, to Wendy Wintersteen, who assumed the office in 2017 and is the university's first woman president.
Wendy Wintersteen
2017 - current
Gordon Eaton
1986 - 1990
Raymond Hughes
1927 - 1936
William Chamberlain
1886 - 1890
Martin Jischke
1991 - 2000
Charles Friley
1936 - 1953
William Beardshear
1891 - 1902
Adonijah Welch
1868 - 1883