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History:
Chancellors of Syracuse University

Chancellor Winchell Alexander Winchell (1824-1891)
Term of Office: February 1873-1874
Inauguration Date: February 13, 1873
Biographical Data:
     Geologist - University of Michigan




Chancellor Haven Erastus O. Haven (1820-1881)
Term of Office: 1874 -1880
Inauguration Date: September 15, 1874
Biographical Data:
     Senator - Massachusetts
     President - North Western University
     President of University of Michigan




Chancellor Sims Charles N Sims (1835-1908)
Term of Office: June 1881 - Oct 1893
Inauguration Date: June 28, 1881
Biographical Data:
      President, Vulpaiso College Pastoralworth 1862-1881




Chancellor Day James Roscoe Day (1845-1923)
Term of Office: April 1894 - June 1922
Inauguration Date: June 27, 1894
Biographical Data:
      Pastor of St. Paul's
      NYC Longest serving SU Chancellor




Chancellor Flint Charles Wesley Flint (1878-1964)
Term of Office: 1922-1936
Inauguration Date: November 17, 1922
Biographical Data:
      Resigned to become Bishop of Methodist Church




Chancellor Graham William Pratt Graham (1871-1962)
Term of Office: May 1937 - September 1942
Inauguration Date: no formal Inauguration
Biographical Data:
     First SU Graduate to become Chancellor
     Temporary Appointment -
     honored at an Installation December 14, 1937




Chancellor Tolley William Pearson Tolley (1900-1996)
Term of Office: September 1942 - September 1969
Inauguration Date: November 14, 1942
Biographical Data:
     Class of 1922
     President of Allegheny, 1932-1942




Chancellor Corbally John Edward Corbally, Jr. (1924-2004)
Term of Office: September 1, 1969 -
March 10, 1971
Inauguration Date: April 30, 1970
Biographical Data:
     Ohio State University - Provost and Vice President
     Resigned to become President, University of Illinois




Chancellor Eggers Melvin Arnold Eggers (1916-1994)
Term of Office: (Interim) March 15, 1971
     Chancellor June 4, 1971 - August 20, 1991
Inauguration Date: --
Biographical Data:
     Associate Prof. of Economics, Chairman of Economics Dept.
     Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Provost



Chancellor Shaw Kenneth A. Shaw
Term of Office: August 20, 1991 - July 31, 2004
Inauguration Date: November 8, 1991
Biographical Data:
     President of the University of Wisconsin





Chancellor Cantor Nancy Cantor
Term of Office: August 1, 2004
Inauguration Date: November 5, 2004
Biographical Data:
     Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign