A rector of a Dutch university is called a rector magnificus. The following people have been rector magnificus of the Erasmus University Rotterdam:
Period Rector magnificus Image 1913 – 1918 Gijsbert Weijer Jan Bruins 1918 – 1919 Nicolaas Posthumus 1919 – 1920 Johannes Godfried de Jongh 1920 – 1921 Willem Hendrik Drucker 1921 – 1922 François de Vries 1922 – 1923 Hendrik Rudolph Ribbius 1923 – 1924 Pieter Eduard Verkade 1924 – 1925 Nico Jacob Polak 1925 – 1926 Zeger Willem Sneller 1926 – 1927 Willem Boerman 1927 – 1928 Willem Hendrik Drucker 1928 – 1929 François de Vries 1929 – 1930 Hendrik Rudolph Ribbius 1930 – 1931 Pieter Eduard Verkade 1931 – 1932 Nico Jacob Polak 1932 – 1933 Zeger Willem Sneller 1933 – 1934 Willem Boerman 1934 – 1935 Carl Wilhelm de Vries 1935 – 1936 François de Vries 1936 – 1937 Pieter Eduard Verkade 1937 – 1938 Nico Jacob Polak 1938 – 1939 Zeger Willem Sneller 1939 – 1940 Willem Boerman 1940 – 1943 George Gonggrijp 1943 – 1944 Johan Frederik ten Doesschate 1944 – 1945 George Gonggrijp 1945 – 1947 Carl Wilhelm de Vries 1947 – 1949 Ph.A.N. Houwing 1949 – 1950 Christiaan Glasz 1950 – 1951 Henk Lambers 1951 – 1952 Johan Witteveen 1952 – 1953 Johannes Herman Kernkamp 1953 – 1954 Bernard Schendstok 1954 – 1955 Barend Pruijt 1955 – 1956 Willem Boerman 1956 – 1957 Jan Wisselink 1957 – 1958 Christiaan Glasz 1958 – 1959 Henk Lambers 1959 – 1960 Johannes Hermanus van Stuijvenberg 1960 – 1964 Henk Lambers 1964 – 1965 Hein Kuhlmeijer 1965 – 1966 Tammo Jacob Bezemer 1966 – 1967 Roelof Burgert 1967 – 1968 Arend Isaac Diepenhorst 1968 – 1970 Wiek Slagter 1970 – 1971 Henk Lambers 1971 – 1974 Carel van der Weijden 1974 – 1975 Peter Klein 1975 – 1979 Bart Leijnse 1979 – 1983 Jan Sperna Weiland 1983 – 1986 M.W. van Hof 1986 – 1989 Alexander Rinnooy Kan 1989 – 1993 Cornelis Johannes Rijnvos 1993 – 2000 Piet Akkermans 2000 – 2003 Jan van Bemmel 2004 – 2009 Steven Lamberts 2009 – 2013 Henk Schmidt 2013 – 2018 Huibert Pols 2018 – 2020 Rutger Engels 2021 Frank van der Duyn Schouten (acting) 2021 – 2024 Annelien Bredenoord 2024 – present Jantine Schuit
External links Website Erasmus University Rotterdam