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The following is a list of chancellors of Vanderbilt University [1] No. Image Chancellor Life Tenure 1 Landon Garland: 1810–1895 1875–1893 2 James Hampton Kirkland:
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War ...
John Keith Benton (1896–1956) – dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1939–1956. Lauren Benton –, historian known for works on the history of empires, Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Professor of History and professor of law [455] Michael Bess – Chancellor's Professor of History, professor of European studies.
Daniel Diermeier (born July 16, 1965) [2] is a political scientist and university administrator. He is serving as the ninth chancellor of Vanderbilt University.Previously, Diermeier was the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he also served as provost. [3]
The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York ...
Elwood Gordon Gee (born February 2, 1944) is an American academic administrator. Since 2014, he is serving his second term as president of West Virginia University; [1][2] his first term there was from 1981 to 1985. Gee is said to have held more university presidencies than any other American. [3] He was head of University of Colorado Boulder ...
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No. Image Name Home state Took office Left office Party School President(s) Ref 1: John Adams: Massachusetts: April 21, 1789: March 4, 1797: Federalist: Harvard College