Harold Walter Stoke (May 11, 1903 - April 6, 1982) was an American college president. Stoke was seventh President of University of New Hampshire, Louisiana State University, and Queens College in New York. Stoke was a trained historian and political scientist. In 1958, He wrote about the principles of college and university administration in "The American college president" published by Harper. Stoke was educated at Marion College, (renamed Indiana Wesleyan University in 1988) (A.B. 1924), the University of Southern California (M.A. 1925), and Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D. 1930).