Past Presidents
Changing Faces of Leadership
Over a century, these presidents have overseen and guided the growth and transition of this institution from a business school for accountants and secretaries to a national doctoral university.
![Andrew Blass - RMU President 1921-1929](/sites/default/files/images/old-presidents/_0000s_0003_OldPres_Blass.jpg)
Founded the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy in rented space in downtown Pittsburgh, using curriculum similar to what he had overseen as dean of the Pace Institute in Washington, D.C.
![C.W. Salmond - RMU President 1929-1935](/sites/default/files/images/old-presidents/_0000s_0005_OldPres_Salmond.jpg)
Oversaw expansion to add business and secretarial studies as the school became the Robert Morris School of Business.
![Richard Khuen III - RMU President 1935-1948](/sites/default/files/images/old-presidents/_0000s_0001_OldPres_Khuen.jpg)
Relocated the institution to the William Penn Hotel and trimmed the name to Robert Morris School.
![John McCartan - RMU President 1948-1966](/sites/default/files/images/old-presidents/_0000s_0000_OldPres_McCartan.jpg)
Bought the Oliver Kaufmann summer estate, Pine Hill Manor, in Moon Township for a suburban campus, and transformed the business into a nonprofit organization to acquire junior college status.
![Charles Sewall - RMU President 1967-1989](/sites/default/files/images/old-presidents/_0000s_0004_OldPres_Sewall.jpg)
Quickly achieved four-year status as Robert Morris College, then added M.B.A. program and competitive NCAA Div. I athletics.
![Edward Nicholson - RMU President 1989-2005](/sites/default/files/images/old-presidents/_0000s_0006_OldPres_Nicholson.jpg)
Added more expansion, including the first doctoral program, and led the institution in its final transition to Robert Morris University.
![Gregory Dell'Omo - RMU President 2005-2015](/sites/default/files/images/old-presidents/_0000s_0002_OldPres_DellOmo.jpg)
Led the push for accreditations including AACSB, and oversaw a boom of new construction on the Moon campus and sale of the Pittsburgh building to Duquesne university.
![Chris Howard 2016-2022](/sites/default/files/timeline/chris-howard.png)
Strengthened corporate education partnerships and services for veterans, presided over a successful $113 million capital campaign, and opened UPMC Events Center and an expanded engineering department in John Jay Center.