Academic leaders who served as president or chancellor of a university or a university system and shaped its direction. A person belongs here when the cited article names the person as a president or chancellor of a university or college. It excludes founders of whole education systems, who sit in their own group. The group includes presidents of the University of California, Columbia University, the University of Louisville and Smith College.
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Jane Fernandes (Wikipedia)
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Between August 2021 and September 2026, Fernandes was the President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Wikipedia: Robert Maynard Hutchins
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He was the 5th president (1929-1945) and chancellor (1945-1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927-1929).
Frederick A. P. Barnard (Wikipedia)
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Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (May 5, 1809, April 27, 1889) was an American academic and educator who served as the 10th President of Columbia University.
Wikipedia: Richard C. Atkinson
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He served as the 17th president of the University of California, as the 5th chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and as the 5th director of the National Science Foundation.
John Wilkinson Taylor (educator) (Wikipedia)
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He was President of the University of Louisville from 1947 to 1950.
Jill Ker Conway (Wikipedia)
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Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975-1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wikipedia: Ernest L. Boyer
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Ernest LeRoy Boyer (September 13, 1928, December 8, 1995) was an American educator who most notably served as Chancellor of the State University of New York, United States Commissioner of Education, and President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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