{"id":76,"date":"2020-04-15T18:55:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/chancellors\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2021-02-10T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:29:47","slug":"john-edward-corbally-jr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/chancellors\/john-edward-corbally-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"John Edward Corbally Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John Edward Corbally Jr.<\/h1>\n\n

Term of Office:<\/b> September 1969 – March 1971\n
Inauguration Date:<\/b> 30 April 1970<\/p>\n\n

As Syracuse University\u2019s eighth Chancellor and President, John E. Corbally Jr. saw the institution through one of its most turbulent periods. Serving during the University\u2019s centennial year, Corbally\u2019s administration coincided with a period of widespread unrest on American campuses surrounding issues such as the Vietnam War and civil rights. He weathered the 1970 Student Strike and the response to a football discrimination crisis when nine African American players \u2013 later mistakenly called the Syracuse 8 \u2013 led a boycott in protest of the program\u2019s chronically racist practices. Corbally also inherited a University experiencing financial and structural challenges. Despite his brief tenure, Corbally is generally remembered for his sound management of a volatile period. The Student Strike ended without major violence and only minimal property damage, and the commission he created to investigate the football controversy established the beginnings of change within that program. He also began implementing plans to address the University\u2019s fiscal and organizational issues, though his resignation in March 1971 to become president of the University of Illinois meant he ultimately would not see those plans come to fruition. Additional information about Corbally\u2019s brief tenure as chancellor is available in the Archives\u2019 Chancellor John E. Corbally Jr. Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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