Principals (1864-2002)
Dr. G.W. Leitner (1864–86)
The College was opened on January 1st, 1864, under the sanction given by His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, to the establishment provided for it in the budget of 1863. Its establishment was confrimed ...
T.C. Lewis (1886–91)
Dr. Leitner having departed this life, from an official point of view, a successor was found in the person of Mr. T.C. Lewis, the professor of Mathematics.
Dr. C. R. Stulpnagel (1891–92)
Mr. Robertson, who had been officiating as Principal since 1888, was now obliged, owing to a breakdown in health, to take sick leave, from which he never returned...
Prof. W. Bell (1892–96)
Mr. Bell continued to officiate as principal and was subsequently confirmed in that appointment. There were several changes on the staff in this year...
Prof. P.C. Dallingar (1896–98)
Mr. Bell departed on long leave in this year, and Mr. Dallingar acted for him. Mr. Hirst was appointed to officiate as professor of History. The number of students rose ...
Prof. S. Robson (1898–1912)
In 1898 the Lahore Mall was not attractive, being a dusty road with berms two or three inches deep in dust or mud according to the weather. There were no footpaths, and no ...
Prof. J. Stephenson (1912–19)
One of the most important features in the history of the College during recent years is its development as an institution for instruction and investigation ...
Prof. A. S. Hemmy (1919–27)
The College was sixty years old on the first day of 1924. Its Golden Jubilee was celebrated at the end of the year from 19 to 22 December...
Prof. H.L.O. Garrett (1927–36)
With Hemmy's departure, the command passed to Herbert Leonard Offley Garrett, who graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1902...
Dr. H. B. Dunnicliff (1936–39)
Garrett was succeeded by Horace B. Dunnicliff who had served the College as Professor of Chemistry since 1917. Educated at Downing College, Cambridge...
Prof. G. D. Sondhi (1939–45)
Dunnicliff was succeeded by Guru Datt Sondhi, the first old boy of College to become its Principal. Sondhi had joined the College in 1905 and left...
Prof. E. Dickenson (1945–47)
Sondhi was succeeded by Eric Dickenson, the senior-most member of the teaching staff. On being congratulated by a pupil on promotion to...
Prof. A. S. Bokhari (1947–50)
The new Principal was no stranger to this institution. He had studied and taught in the College. When he took over, the city of Lahore was in the grip of ...
Prof. U. Kramet (1950)
Bukhari's principalship was practically an absentee principalship. With his departure for the U.N., U. Kramet began to reign in his own right. But his tenure was brief...
Prof. Siraj ud Din (1950–54, 1956–58)
Of a wholly different stamp was Kramet's successor, Siraj-ud-din, whose term of office began in October 1950. A prominent old boy of the College with a bright academic record...
Prof. Q. M. Aslam (1954)
Promoted to the provincial Directorship of Public Instruction, Sirajuddin left the College in July 1954, but remained a familiar figure on campus as he continued to put up...
Prof. K.M. Hussain (1954–55, 1958–59)
Qazi Muhammad Aslam was replaced by Khwaja Manzoor Hosain, the senior-most member of the teaching staff, who had served the College since 1948.
Dr. Nazir Ahmad (1959–65)
Nazir Ahmad assumed office in May 1959. He is adored by the students for his unostentatious living, austere habits, and broad human sympathies.
Prof. M. Rashid (1965–67)
December 1, 1919; Education: Matriculation, Islamia High School Qasur, 1936; B.A. Murray College, Sialkot, 1940; M.A. Economics, Punjab University...
Prof. Ashfaq Ali Khan (1967–70)
Ferozepur, February 11, 1917; received early education in Gujrat; admitted to Government College in 1931; B.A. (Hons. English) in 1935; M.A. English 1937; started his teaching career...
Prof. M. A. Khan (1970)
Born December 18, 1921; Education: Intermediate, Muslim University Aligarh (India) 1940; B.A., University of the Punjab, 1942; M.A. (English), 1944...
Prof. M. Ajmal (1970–72)
Born September 17, 1919; M.A. Philosophy from GC Lahore, 1941; Ph.D. in Psychology from University College London, 1952; joined as senior lecturer, 1953...
Prof. M. S. Kalim (1972–74)
Born December 16, 1921; M.A. English, Punjab University, 1943; earned research degree from University of London for thesis on “Shelley and Owenites”...
Prof. Fiza-ur-Rehman (1974–81)
Born February 21, 1921 in Jallundhur; completed LLB at Punjab University; earned M.A. Economics from Columbia University...
Prof. Dr. Abdul Majid (1981–93)
Born January 14, 1933, Amritsar; Educated in Lahore and London; Matriculated from Chishtia High School (1949); F.Sc. from GC Lahore (1951)...
Prof. Dr. Khalid Aftab (1993–2002)
Prof. Dr. Khalid Aftab, a renowned economist, became the first Vice Chancellor of GC University, Lahore. He previously served as Principal...