History of the Principal
University College was established in 1853 as the founding College of the University of Toronto. Until 1901, presidents of the University of Toronto were also presidents of University College.

John McCaul (1853 - 1880)

Sir Daniel Wilson (1880 - 1892)

James Loudon (1892 - 1901)

Maurice Hutton (1901-1928)
Malcolm William Wallace (1928-1944)

Sidney Earle Smith (1944-1945)

William Robert Taylor (1945-1951)
Francois Charles Achille Jeanneret (1951-1959)

Moffatt St. Andrew Woodside (1959-1963)
Douglas Valentine LePan (1964-1970)

Archibald Cameron Hollis Hallett (1970-1977)

George Peter Richardson (1977-1989)

Lynd Wilks Forguson (1989-1997)
Portrait of Lynd Forguson, Date: 2004,Artist: Richards, Phil, Dimensions: 101.6 x 76.2 cm, Medium: acrylic, Support: canvas over wood hollow core, Credit Line: commission, 2004, Object Number: 381, Collection: University College Collection

Paul Joseph Perron (1997-2005)
Portrait of Paul Joseph Perron, 2005 by Phil Richards
40" x 30", acrylic on canvas

Sylvia Beth Bashevkin (2005-2011)
Portrait of Sylvia Bashevkin, 2011 by Rae Johnson
Donald C. Ainslie (2011- 2019 )