Chief Administrative Officers

Between the years 1833 and 1950, the administrator of MCG was a dean. In 1950, the Medical School became an independent institution in the University System; thus, G. Lombard Kelly was appointed the first president of the Medical College of Georgia.

Deans
1829-1836  Lewis DeSaussure Ford
1836-1844 Paul Fitzsimmons Eve
1844-1857 George Madison Newton
1857-1861 Ignatius Poultney Garvin
1861-1876 Louis Alexander Dugas
1876-1880 Henry William DeSaussure Ford
1880-1884 George Washington Rains
1884-1893 Edward Geddings
1893-1894 Henry William DeSaussure Ford
1894-1896 Thomas Russell Wright
1896-1903 Eugene Foster
1903-1906 Henry William DeSaussure Ford
1906-1910 Joseph Eve Allen
1910-1923 William Henry Doughty, Jr.
1923-1931  William Henry Goodrich
1931-1934  William Lorenzo Moss
1934-1950 George Lombard Kelly
Presidents
1950-1953 George Lombard Kelly
1953-1958 Edgar Rudolph Pund
1960-1972 Harry Barron O'Rear
1972-1983 William Henry Moretz
1983-1987 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld
1988-2001 Francis Joseph Tedesco
2001-present Daniel Wallace Rahn

Sources:  Librarians for Special Collections / Medical Historian in Residence
 


January 08, 2003