Chancellors of the

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are individuals who serve in the top position of the university. The office, originally known as "President," was changed to "

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" in 1970 following John W. Lederle's resignation and the opening of

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five years earlier. The title "President of the University of Massachusetts" now refers to the president of the entire five-campus

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. The current chancellor of the Amherst campus is

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. The chancellor resides in Hillside, the campus residence for chancellors.

List of presidents and chancellors

Presidents of Massachusetts Agricultural College

* Henry F. French (1864–1866) * Paul A. Chadbourne (1866–1867) * William S. Clark (1867–1879) * Charles L. Flint (1879–1880) *

Levi Stockbridge Levi Stockbridge (March 13, 1820 – May 2, 1904) was a farmer and scientist from Hadley, Massachusetts. He was instrumental in the early history of the Massachusetts Agricultural College now known as the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Biog ...

(1880–1882) *

James C. Greenough James Carruthers Greenough (August 15, 1829 – December 4, 1924) was an American educator who served as the third principal (school), principal of the Rhode Island College, Rhode Island Normal School, sixth Chancellor of the University of Massac ...

(1883–1886) *

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(1886–1905) *

William P. Brooks William Penn Brooks (November 19, 1851 – March 8, 1938) was an American agricultural scientist, who worked as a oyatoi gaikokujin, foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan during the colonization project for Hokkaidō. He was the eighth president o ...

(1905–1906) * Kenyon L. Butterfield (1906–1924) * Edward M. Lewis (1924–1927)

Presidents of Massachusetts State College

* Roscoe W. Thatcher (1927–1932) * Hugh P. Baker (1932–1946)

Presidents of the University of Massachusetts

* Henry F. French (1864–1866) * Paul A. Chadbourne (1866–1867 and 1882–1883) * William S. Clark (1867–1879) * Charles L. Flint (1879–1880) *

(1876 and 1880–1882) *

(1883–1886) *

(1883 and 1886–1905) *

(1905–1906) * Kenyon L. Butterfield (1906–1924) * Edward M. Lewis (1924–1927) * Roscoe W. Thatcher (1927–1932) * Hugh P. Baker (1933–1947) * Ralph Van Meter (1947–1954) * Jean P. Mather (1954–1960) * John W. Lederle (1960–1970) **Note: See Presidents of the University of Massachusetts System after 1970

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Chancellors of the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Oswald Tippo Oswald Tippo (November 27, 1911 – June 10, 1999) was an American botanist and educator. Tippo became the first chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1970. Career Born in Milo, Tippo moved to Boston a year later, and gradua ...

(1970–1971) * Randolph W. Bromery (1971–1979) * Henry Koffler (1979–1982) * Loren Baritz (1982) *

Joseph Duffey Joseph Daniel Duffey (July 1, 1932 – February 25, 2021) was an American academic, educator, anti-war activist and political appointee. He was the Democratic Party's candidate in the 1970 U.S. Senate election in Connecticut, losing to Republi ...

(1982–1991) * Richard D. O'Brien (1991–1993) * David K. Scott (1993–2001) * Marcellette G. Williams (2001–2002) * John V. Lombardi (2002–2007) * Thomas W. Cole Jr. (2007–2008) * Robert C. Holub (2008–2012) *

(2012–present)

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