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Jack W. Peltason served as the first chancellor in 1967, and there have been 13 chancellors in total. The current chancellor is Robert J. Jones, who has held the position since September 26, 2015. Before 1967, the president of the University of Illinois System served as the principal administrator of the original Urbana-Champaign campus.
Robert J. Jones (born 1951) [1] is an American crop physiology scientist, currently serving as the 10th chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since September 2016. He served as the 19th president of the State University of New York at Albany from 2013 to 2016.
In 1967, he returned to Illinois to become the first chancellor of the Urbana campus and stayed there until 1977 when he returned to Irvine. Peltason served as president of political science honors society Pi Sigma Alpha from 1978 to 1980, and was also on the executive council of the society from 1970 to 1978.
The chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago is the principal administrative officer of the university and a member of the faculty of each of its colleges, schools, institutes and divisions. The chancellor is appointed by the Board of Trustees following nomination by the president of the University of Illinois System .
The University of Illinois will have a new chancellor next academic school year.
Morey was an alumnus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and worked in the administration throughout and after his studies. [20] He served the first year of his tenure as acting president. [21] 12 1955–1971 David D. Henry: Henry was previously the president of Wayne State University and executive vice chancellor of New York ...
Richard H. Herman is a mathematician, currently Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, [1] who had served as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005–2009. He previously served there as Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs since 1998.
The history of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign dates back to 1862. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign opened on March 2, 1868, and is the second oldest public university in the state (after Illinois State University ), and is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference .