{"id":73,"date":"2020-04-15T18:52:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/chancellors\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2021-02-10T17:30:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:30:10","slug":"william-pearson-tolley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/chancellors\/william-pearson-tolley\/","title":{"rendered":"William Pearson Tolley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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William Pearson Tolley<\/h1>\n\n

Term of Office:<\/b> September 1942 – September 1969\n
Inauguration Date:<\/b> 14 November 1942<\/p>\n\n

Syracuse University\u2019s seventh Chancellor, William Pearson Tolley, was the second alumnus to hold its highest office. The University experienced two significant periods of change during the early part of his administration \u2014 World War II and the post-war enrollment growth of the \u201cGI Bulge.\u201d He was among a select group of college and university administrators who developed the Servicemen\u2019s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the GI Bill. Both periods transformed the campus and established the University\u2019s commitment to veterans and military-connected students. Tolley\u2019s tenure also included significant additions to academic offerings, the establishment of University College, a sizable growth of the endowment, and campus expansion that included construction of the Women\u2019s Building, Ernest I. White Hall, Manley Field House, and several dormitories. The innovations of Tolley\u2019s administration established Syracuse University as a major research institution. His long tenure meant Tolley also witnessed the impact of larger cultural changes on the University environment, many of which would define the administration of his successor. Tolley retired from Syracuse University in 1969 after 27 years of service. Additional information and materials related to Tolley and his tenure as chancellor are available in the Archives\u2019 William P. Tolley Papers<\/a> and Chancellor William P. Tolley Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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