This is a list of the Chancellors of Syracuse University , a private research university located in Syracuse , New York , United States.
The title of Syracuse University's head officer was changed from "Chancellor" to "Chancellor and President" in 1952 during the Tolley administration.[1]
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Image
Name
Term Start
Term End
References
1
Alexander Winchell
February 1873
1874
2
Rev. Erastus O. Haven
September 1874
1880
3
Rev. Charles N. Sims
June 1881
October 1893
4
James Roscoe Day
April 1894
June 14, 1922
[2] [3]
5
Charles Wesley Flint
June 1922
1936
[4]
6
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William Pratt Graham
May 1937
September 1942
7
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William Pearson Tolley
September 1942
September 1969
8
John E. Corbally
September 1, 1969
March 10, 1971
[5]
9
–
Melvin A. Eggers
June 4, 1971[a]
August 20, 1991
[6] [7] [8]
10
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Kenneth Shaw
August 20, 1991
July 31, 2004
[8]
11
Nancy Cantor
August 1, 2004
December 31, 2013
[9] [10]
12
Kent Syverud
January 13, 2014
[11]
^ Eggers was Interim Chancellor from March 15 – June 4, 1971
^ "William Pearson Tolley – A Legacy of Leadership: The Chancellors and Presidents of Syracuse University" . Retrieved 5 May 2023 .
^ Elected on November 16, 1893. "Dr. James R. Day Passes Away" . The Bangor Daily News . Bangor, Maine. 15 March 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Chancellor Day Against Cigarettes" . The Tablet . Brooklyn, New York. 10 June 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Student Newspaper urges Syracuse U. Hire Glenn Frank" . The Journal Times . Racine, Wisconsin. 9 January 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "HEAD OF SYRACUSE U. TO JOIN U. OF ILLINOIS" . The New York Times . February 14, 1971. p. 62.
^ Lawrence, Al (4 June 1971). "Dr. Eggers Choice For SU Chancellor: Committee To Present Name Today" . The Post-Standard . Syracuse, New York. pp. 1, 9. Retrieved 28 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Greene, John Robert (1998). Syracuse University: The Eggers Years . Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-0549-8 .
^ a b "Syracuse names new chancellor: University of Wisconsin system president to succeed Eggers" . Star-Gazette . AP. 26 April 1991. p. 13. Retrieved 28 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Marwa, Eltagouri (4 December 2013). "Bird by Bird: Nancy Cantor, community reflect on her tenure at Syracuse University" . The Daily Orange . Retrieved 14 October 2020 .
^ The Post-Standard Editorial Board (October 16, 2012). "Engaged Chancellor: Cantor will leave a campus and city transformed" . The Post-Standard . Syracuse. Retrieved November 27, 2012 .
^ "Chancellor Kent Syverud Inauguration" . inauguration.syr.edu . Archived from the original on 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-04-03 .
^ "Syracuse University History: Chancellors of Syracuse University" . Syracuse University Archives . Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
^ "A Legacy of Leadership: The Chancellors and Presidents of Syracuse University exhibition" . Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries. Retrieved 30 May 2020 .