The following inaugural addresses accompany our Penn History exhibit Inaugurations and Installations of Penn Provosts and Presidents.
Links followed by an asterisk (*) lead to external sites providing free access to those resources
| Rev. John Ewing, Provost 1770-1802 University of the State of Pennsylvania 1770-1792; University of Pennsylvania 1792-1802 Address given at Commencement on July 4, 1780 |
| Rev. William Heathcote DeLancey, Provost 1828-1833 Address given at Opening Exercises on September 17, 1828 |
| Rev. John Ludlow, Provost 1834-1853 Address given at Inauguration on December 22, 1834 |
| Rev. Daniel Raynes Goodwin, Provost 1860-1868 Address given at Inauguration on September 10, 1860 |
| Charles Janeway Stillé, Provost 1868-1880 Address given at Inauguration on September 30, 1868 |
| Dr. William Pepper, Provost 1881-1895 Address given at Inauguration on February 22, 1881 |
| Thomas Sovereign Gates, President 1930-1944 Speech given at Commencement on June 17, 1931 |
| Gaylord Probasco Harnwell, President 1952-1970 Speech given at Convocation on September 25, 1953 |
| Martin Meyerson, President 1970-1981 Speech given at Commencement, May 18, 1970 |
| Dr. F. Sheldon Hackney, President 1981-1993* Speech given at Inauguration, October 23, 1981 |
| Dr. Judith Seitz Rodin, President 1994-2004* Speech given at Inauguration, October 21, 1994 |
| Dr. Amy Gutmann, President 2004-2022* Speech given at Inauguration, October 15, 2004 |
