David M. Edwards was the sixth president of Penn College and the first alumnus of Penn to fill that role. After leaving Penn he would go on to become president of Earlham College and Friends University.
Absalom Rosenberger served as the fourth president of Penn College. Before becoming president, he received his law degree from the university of Michigan. He was the longest serving president of the college.
Benjamin F. Trueblood was the third president of Penn College. He served for eleven years and then went on to work in the peace movement and edit "Advocate of Peace".
William B. Morgan was the second president of Penn College. Prior to becoming president, William Morgan was a professor of mathematics and astronomy. He served for two years as president and then went back to teaching.
John W. Woody was the first president of Penn College, serving as president from 1873 to 1877. President Woody was married to Mary Chawner Woody in 1868. Mary Chawner Woody was on the faculty and she taught history, rhetoric and served as the first…
