List of Chancellors of Washington University in St. Louis

This is a list of Chancellors of Washington University in St. Louis, founded in 1853.

Chancellors of Washington University in St. Louis
Chancellor Year
Joseph Gibson Hoyt 1858–1863
William Chauvenet 1863–1869
Abram Litton (acting) 1869–1870
William Greenleaf Eliot 1870–1887
Marshall Snow (acting) 1887–1891
Winfield Scott Chaplin 1891–1907
Marshall Snow (acting) 1907–1908
David Franklin Houston 1908–1917
Frederic Aldin Hall 1917–1923
Herbert S. Hadley 1923–1927
George R. Throop 1927–1944
Henry Brookings Wallace (acting) 1944–1946
Arthur Holly Compton 1946–1953
Ethan A.H. Shepley 1954–1961
Carl Tolman 1961–1962
Thomas H. Eliot 1962–1971
William H. Danforth 1971–1995
Mark S. Wrighton 1995–

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