include the revision of the curriculum which expanded study abroad offerings. Additionally, he oversaw implementation of the Center for Business Preparation, an innovative program designed to link liberal arts education with business. In 2004, Hanover was awarded $11.4 million to start the Rivers Institute, a multi-disciplinary center to study all aspects of rivers throughout the world.
In the fall of 2007, Sue DeWine, former provost at Marietta College in Ohio, succeeded Nichols as Hanover's 15th president. DeWine was succeeded by Lake Lambert in 2015.
=== Presidents ===
James Blythe, 1832–1836
Duncan McAuley, March – July 1838
Erasmus D. MacMaster, 1838–1843
Sylvester Scovel, 1846–1849
Thomas E. Thomas, 1849–1854
Jonathan Edwards, 1855–1857
James Wood, 1859–1866
George D. Archibald, 1868–1870
George C. Heckman, 1870–1879
Daniel Webster Fisher, 1879–1907
William A. Millis, 1908–1929
Albert Parker, 1929–1958
John Horner, 1958–1987
Russell Nichols, 1987–2007
Sue DeWine, 2007–2015
Lake Lambert, 2015–present
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