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The chancellor of the University of Mississippi is the chief administrator of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. The position was previously referred to as "president" until chancellor Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard suggested the change in 1858.

Chancellor John Davis Williams, who served during the Ole Miss riot of 1962 and most of the civil rights movement, attempted to remain neutral, stating "My business is to educate the students sent to me."

List

Table featuring chancellors of the University of Mississippi

Portrait	Name	Term	Notes	Ref.
	George Frederick Holmes	1848–1849
	Augustus Baldwin Longstreet	1849–1856
	Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard	1856–1861	Title changed to chancellor in 1858
	John Newton Waddel	1865–1874
	Alexander Peter Stewart	1874–1887
	Edward Mayes	1887–1891
	Robert Burwell Fulton	1892–1906
	Andrew Armstrong Kincannon	1907–1914
	Joseph Neely Powers	1914–1924
	Alfred Hume	1924–1930
	Joseph Neely Powers	1930–1932
	Alfred Hume	1932–1935
	Alfred Benjamin Butts	1935–1946
	John Davis Williams	1946–1968
	Porter Lee Fortune Jr.	1968–1984
	R. Gerald Turner	1984–1995
	Robert Khayat	1995–2009
	Daniel Jones	2009–2015
	Jeffrey Vitter	2016–2019
	Glenn Boyce	2019–present

References

1. Cohodas (1997), p. 7.
2. ^ "John Williams, Ole Miss Head in Desegregation Crisis in '62". May 31, 1983. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
3. "Porter Lee Fortune, Jr". University of Mississippi. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
4. "R Gerald Turner". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
5. "Robert Khayat". University of Mississippi School of Law. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
6. Gallman, Stephanie; McLaughlin, Eliott C. (March 26, 2015). "Donors, alums rebel against decision to ax Ole Miss chancellor". CNN. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
7. Harris, Bracey (November 9, 2018). "UPDATE: Ole Miss Chancellor Jeff Vitter resigning, will serve as tenured professor after Jan. 3". Clarion Ledger. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
8. Fowler, Sarah (October 4, 2019). "Who is Glenn Boyce? 5 things to know about the new Ole Miss chancellor". Clarion Ledger. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.

Works cited

• Cohodas, Nadine (1997). The Band Played Dixie. Free Press. ISBN 9780684827216.

External links

• List & Biographies of the Chancellors of the University

• Lists of people by university or college in Mississippi
• University of Mississippi faculty
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