Glenville State College and its earlier forms were led by Thomas Marcellus Marshall, acting principal from January 1873 to June 1873 and principal from 1875 to 1881; Louis Bennett, principal from 1873 to 1875; Robert Franklin Kidd, principal from 1882 to 1884; Reverend Ezra Irwin Hall, principal from 1884 to 1885; Samuel B. Brown, principal from 1885 to 1890; R.W. Tapp, principal from 1890 to 1891; Verona Mapel, acting principal from 1891 to February 1892; William J. Holden, principal from 1895 to 1901; John C. Shaw, principal from 1901 to 1908; Edward Gay Rohrbough, principal from 1908 to 1914 and president from 1915 to 1942; S. Orestes Bond, acting principal from 1914 to 1915; David L. Haught, president from 1942 to 1947; Robert T. Crawford, acting president from August 1947 to October 1947; Harry Bruce Heflin, president from 1947 to 1964; D. Banks Wilburn, president from 1964 to 1977; William K. Simmons, president from 1977 to 1988 and 1989 to 98; James Lowell Peterson, acting president from February 1888 to June 1989; Bruce C. Flack, interim president from 1998 to 1999; Thomas H. Powell, president from 1999 to 2003; Robert N. Freeman, president from 2003 to 2006; Peter B. Barr, president from 2006 to 2017; Tracy L. Pellett, president from 2017 to 2019; and Kathleen L. Nelson, interim president from 2019 to 2020.