A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of a university or of a campus within a university system.
The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten, in procession at encaenia, 2009
E. Gordon Gee, former president of Brown University, Ohio State University, Vanderbilt University, and West Virginia University
The College of William & Mary is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the se
Chancellor (education)
…and the University of Pittsburgh, have a chancellor as their chief executive officer. There are occasional other uses of the title "chancellor". The College of William & Mary uses the term "chancellor" in the British sense, as a figurehead leader, but the actual executive of the school is the "president", not a "vice-chancellor…
King William III and Queen Mary II, the college's namesakes
James Blair, founder of William & Mary
The College Building as it appeared from 1859–1862 with Italianate towers
The Wren Building, c. 1902