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.

The title of Syracuse University's head officer was changed from "Chancellor" to "Chancellor and President" in 1952 during the Tolley administration.{{cite news |title=William Pearson Tolley – A Legacy of Leadership: The Chancellors and Presidents of Syracuse University |url=https://digitalexhibits.syr.edu/chancellors/william-pearson-tolley/ |access-date=5 May 2023}}

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|Alexander Winchell

|February 1873

|1874

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|Rev. Erastus O. Haven

|September 1874

|1880

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|Rev. Charles N. Sims

|June 1881

|October 1893

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|James Roscoe Day

|April 1894

|June 14, 1922

|Elected on November 16, 1893. {{cite news |title=Dr. James R. Day Passes Away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64213833/ |access-date=29 November 2020 |work=The Bangor Daily News |date=15 March 1923 |location=Bangor, Maine |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}{{cite news |title=Chancellor Day Against Cigarettes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64209697/ |access-date=29 November 2020 |work=The Tablet |date=10 June 1922 |location=Brooklyn, New York |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}

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|Charles Wesley Flint

|June 1922

|1936

|{{cite news |title=Student Newspaper urges Syracuse U. Hire Glenn Frank |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64221874/ |access-date=29 November 2020 |work=The Journal Times |date=9 January 1937 |location=Racine, Wisconsin |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}

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|William Pratt Graham

|May 1937

|September 1942

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|William Pearson Tolley

|September 1942

|September 1969

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|John E. Corbally

|September 1, 1969

|March 10, 1971

|{{cite news|url=http://nyti.ms/2bvLP0V |title=HEAD OF SYRACUSE U. TO JOIN U. OF ILLINOIS|date=February 14, 1971 |work=The New York Times|page=62|url-access=subscription }}

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|Melvin A. Eggers

|June 4, 1971{{Efn|Eggers was Interim Chancellor from March 15{{spaced en dash}}June 4, 1971|name=}}

|August 20, 1991

|{{cite news |last1=Lawrence |first1=Al |title=Dr. Eggers Choice For SU Chancellor: Committee To Present Name Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66197049/ |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=The Post-Standard |date=4 June 1971 |location=Syracuse, New York |pages=1, 9 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}{{cite book|last=Greene|first=John Robert|title=Syracuse University: The Eggers Years|publisher=Syracuse University Press|location=Syracuse|year=1998|isbn=0-8156-0549-8}}

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|Kenneth Shaw

|August 20, 1991

|July 31, 2004

|{{cite news |title=Syracuse names new chancellor: University of Wisconsin system president to succeed Eggers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66207202/ |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=Star-Gazette |agency=AP |date=26 April 1991 |pages=13 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}

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|Nancy Cantor

|August 1, 2004

|December 31, 2013

|{{cite news |last1=Marwa |first1=Eltagouri |title=Bird by Bird: Nancy Cantor, community reflect on her tenure at Syracuse University |url=http://dailyorange.com/2013/12/bird-by-bird-nancy-cantor-community-reflect-on-her-tenure-at-syracuse-university/ |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=The Daily Orange |date=4 December 2013}}{{cite news | url=http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2012/10/engaged_chancellor_cantor_will.html | title=Engaged Chancellor: Cantor will leave a campus and city transformed | work=The Post-Standard | date=October 16, 2012 | access-date=November 27, 2012 | author=The Post-Standard Editorial Board | location=Syracuse}}

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|Kent Syverud

|January 13, 2014

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|{{Cite web|url=http://inauguration.syr.edu|title=Chancellor Kent Syverud Inauguration |website=inauguration.syr.edu|access-date=2017-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519034201/http://inauguration.syr.edu/|archive-date=2017-05-19|url-status=live}}

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{{Cite web|url=https://library.syr.edu/skin/?url=http://archives.syr.edu/history/chancellors.html|title=Syracuse University History: Chancellors of Syracuse University|website=Syracuse University Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524222609/https://library.syr.edu/skin/?url=http://archives.syr.edu/history/chancellors.html|archive-date=May 24, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=May 10, 2019}}

{{cite web|title=A Legacy of Leadership: The Chancellors and Presidents of Syracuse University exhibition |url=https://digitalexhibits.syr.edu/chancellors/ |publisher=Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries |accessdate=30 May 2020}}

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