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, Bradley University (BU), 1946-52
  Inauguration May 9, 1947
  
  
• Dr. Harold P. Rodes
  President, BU, 1954-60
  Inauguration May 6, 1955
  
  
• Dr. Talman W. Van Arsdale, Jr.
  President, BU, 1961-70
  Chancellor, BU, 1971-73
  Inauguration April 2, 1962
  
  
• Dr. Martin Abegg '47
  Acting President, BU, 1970-71
  President, BU, 1971-92
  
  
• Dr. John R. Brazil
  President, BU, 1992-present
  Inauguration October 24, 1992