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Chancellor History

Charles Duncan McIver (1860-1906)
  • Founder and First President of the State Normal and Industrial School
  • President 1891-1906
  • In 1897 the name of the school changed to the State Normal and Industrial College
Julius Isaac Foust (1865-1946)
  • Second President of the State Normal and Industrial College
  • President 1906-1934
  • In 1919 the name changed to North Carolina College for Women
  • In 1932 as a result of consolidation the name changed to the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
Walter Clinton Jackson (1879-1959)
  • Third head of the College
  • Chancellor 1934-1950
  • In 1934 Jackson was given the title Dean of Administration of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
  • In 1945 his title was changed to Chancellor of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
Edward Kidder Graham (1911-1976)
  • Fourth Chancellor of the College
  • Chancellor 1950-1956
William Whatley Pierson (1890-1966)
  • Acting Chancellor 1956-1957
Gordon Williams Blackwell (1911-2004)
  • Fifth Chancellor of the College
  • Chancellor 1957-1960
William Whatley Pierson (1890-1966)
  • Acting Chancellor 1960-1961
Otis Arnold Singletary (1921-2003)
  • Sixth Chancellor of the College
  • Chancellor 1961-1964
  • In 1963 the name of the college was changed to The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
James Sharbrough Ferguson (1916-1984)
  • Acting Chancellor 1964-1965
Otis Arnold Singletary (1921-2003)
  • Chancellor 1965-1966
James Sharbrough Ferguson (1916-1984)
  • Seventh Chancellor of the University
  • Chancellor 1966-1979
William E. Moran (1932-)
  • Eighth Chancellor of the University
  • Chancellor 1979-1994
Debra W. Stewart (1943-)
  • Interim Chancellor 1994
Patricia Ann Sullivan (1939 –2009)
  • Ninth Chancellor of the University
  • First female chancellor at UNCG
  • Chancellor 1995-2008
Linda P. Brady (1947-)
  • Tenth Chancellor of the University
  • Chancellor 2008-2015
Dana Dunn (-)
  • Interim Chancellor 2015
Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. (-)
  • Eleventh Chancellor of the University
  • Chancellor 2015-present