By the numbers: WWU presidents

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24

presidents have served WWU, including the newly inaugurated Alex Bryan.

18 years

—the longest term served as president, by John McVay.

3

former presidents— Ernest C. Kellogg, Walter I. Smith and George W. Bowers—have had campus buildings named after them.

2

The number of colleges the first president, William W. Prescott, oversaw in addition to Walla Walla College. He was also simultaneously president of Battle Creek College and Union College.

1

president has served two separate terms in two separate centuries: N. Clifford Sorenson served from 1976-85 and again from 2001-02.