A Legacy of Leadership: The Chancellors and Presidents of Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center

Online, Bird Library (1st Floor)

09-17-2019 to 08-27-2021

In the 150-year history of Syracuse University, only 12 individuals have held the position of Chancellor. These leaders have seen the University through periods of financial hardship, campus transformation, protest and unrest, incredible growth in student and faculty numbers, historic fundraising and academic achievements, and some of the most trying moments in our country’s history.

From Winchell to Syverud, this exhibition of documents and photographs from the University Archives examines the ways in which each of the individuals who have held the University’s highest office have shaped the institution from its humble beginnings to the modern, student-focused, research university committed to academic excellence and inclusion it is today.

Curated by Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn, Pan Am 103 Archivist & Assistant University Archivist

A digital version of this exhibition is also available.