Chancellor of Syracuse University
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This is a list of the Chancellors of Syracuse University, a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States.
Administration
- Alexander Winchell, 1872-1874
- Rev. Erastus O. Haven, 1874-1880
- Rev. Charles Sims, 1881-1893
- James Roscoe Day, 1893-1922
- Charles Wesley Flint, 1922-1936
- William Pratt Graham, 1936-1942
- William Pearson Tolley, 1942-1969
- John E. Corbally, 1969-1971
- Melvin A. Eggers, 1971-1991
- Kenneth A. Shaw, 1991-2004
- Nancy Cantor, 2004-2013
- Kent Syverud, 2014-
After the retirement of Chancellor Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw at the end of the 2004 school year, the university named Nancy Cantor as its 11th Chancellor and President. Cantor was also named as the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, and was the university's first female chancellor. Prior to coming to Syracuse, she was the chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.