Bradley Leaders
1897-1995

Lydia Moss Bradley
Founder of Bradley Polytechnic Institute (BPI), 1897

Dr. William Rainey Harper
President of the Faculty, BPI, 1897-1906

Dr. Edward O. Sisson
Director, BPI, 1897-1904
Installation October 8, 1897

Dr. Theodore C. Burgess
Acting Director, BPI, 1903-04
Director, BPI, 1904-20
President, BPI, 1920-25

Dr. Frederic R. Hamilton
President, BPI, 1925-46
Inauguration March 12, 1926

Dr. David B. Owen '29
President, 1946-52
Inauguration May 9, 1947

Dr. Harold P. Rodes
President, 1954-60
Inauguration May 6, 1955

Dr. Talman W. Van Arsdale, Jr.
President, 1961-70
Chancellor, 1971-73
Inauguration April 2, 1962

Dr. Martin Abegg '47
Acting President, 1970-71
President, 1971-92

Dr. John R. Brazil
President, 1992-1999
Inauguration October 24, 1992

Gary M. Anna
Interim President, 1999 to 2000

Dr. David C. Broski
President, 2000 to 2007

Joanne K. Glasser
President, 2007