“The Chancellors:
A History of Leadership at Syracuse University”
Alexander Winchell
Chancellor: 1873-1874
Highlights:
- Inaugurated as first chancellor in 1873
- Medical College began during his tenure
- Hall of Languages dedicated and occupied
- College of Fine Arts began
- Grappled with panic of 1874
- Resigned to be professor of geology, zoology and botany
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Myers Block First Home of University 1871-1873 – Corner of Montgomery and East Genesee Streets
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Winchell’s Report to Methodist Episcopal Conferences, 1874 Required by the University By Laws, this report to the Church not only reported on academics, budget and buildings, but on the faith of the student body, 82% of which were church-members.
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