William N. Johnston became the 16th president of Wesley College (Delaware) in June 2008 and retired in July 2015.^[1][2][3] Previous to this post Johnston served as the 27th president of Iowa Wesleyan College for six years,^[1][2][3] and as a lower level administrator at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Ashland University in Ohio.^[1]

Dr. Johnston earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Westminster College (where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity) in 1972, a master of arts degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University in 1973, and a doctor of education degree in higher education from West Virginia University in 1986. He also studied at Harvard University in 1999 at the Institute for Educational Management (IEM).^[1]