List of presidents and chancellors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison explained

This is a list of presidents and chancellors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison:

UW presidents	From	To	Title
John Hiram Lathrop	1849	1858	Chancellor
Henry Barnard	1859	1861	Chancellor
John Whelan Sterling	1861	1867	Executive officer
Paul Chadbourne	1867	1870	President
John Hanson Twombly	1871	1874	President
John Bascom	1874	1887	President
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin	1887	1892	President
Charles Kendall Adams	1892	1901	President
Edward Asahel Birge	1901	1903	Acting president
Charles R. Van Hise	1903	1918	President
Edward Asahel Birge	1918	1925	President
Glenn Frank	1925	1937	President
George Sellery	1937	1937	Acting president
Clarence Addison Dykstra	1937	1945	President
Edwin Broun Fred	1945	1958	President
Conrad Elvehjem	1958	1962	President
Fred Harvey Harrington	1962	1970	President
Robert Clodius	1970	1970	Acting president
John Carrier Weaver	1971	1971	President

• * In 1963, Harrington reorganized the University of Wisconsin by creating one central administration, and separate administrations for each of the individual campuses (Madison, Milwaukee, and University Centers). Harrington remained the president of the central administration, while Robert Clodius became the acting provost of the Madison campus. Later, in 1970, Clodius became the acting president of the central administration until John Weaver took over in 1971.
• ** In 1971, the University of Wisconsin System was created by merging all four campuses (Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Parkside) and the Wisconsin State Universities. John Weaver became the first president of the UW system.

UW–Madison Chancellors	From	To	Title
Robert Clodius	1963	1964	Acting provost
Robben Wright Fleming	1964	1967	Chancellor
William H. Sewell	1967	1968	Chancellor
Bryant Kearl	1968	1968	Acting chancellor
Hugh Edwin Young	1968	1977	Chancellor
Glenn Simpson Pound	1977	1977	Acting chancellor
Irving Shain	1977	1986	Chancellor
Bernard Cecil Cohen	1987	1987	Acting chancellor
Donna Shalala	1988	1993	Chancellor
David Ward	1993	2000	Chancellor
John D. Wiley	2001	2008	Chancellor
Carolyn "Biddy" Martin	2008	2011	Chancellor
David Ward	2011	2013	Interim chancellor
Rebecca Blank	2013	2022	Chancellor
John Karl Scholz	2022	2022	Interim Chancellor
Jennifer Mnookin	2022	Current	Chancellor

• ***First appointed as Provost, then changed to Chancellor in 1965.

References

• Chancellors and Presidents of the University of Wisconsin–Madison