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Past Chancellors, and Presidents & Vice-Chancellors

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Past Chancellors

Very Rev. Edwin Gilpin, DD, DCL, 1891-1897
Edward Jarvis, DCL, 1897-1911
Sir Charles J. Townshend, DCL, 1912-1922
Most Rev. John Hackenley, DD, 1937-1943
Hon. Ray Lawson, OBE, LLD, DCnL, 1948-1956
Lionel Avard Forsyth, QC, DCL, 1956-1957
H. Ray Milner, QC, DCnL, DCL, LLD, 1957-1963
Robert H. Morris, MC, BA, MD, FACS, 1964-1969
Norman H. Gosse, MD, CM, DSc, DCL, LLD, FACS, FRCS(C), 1971-1972
Hon. Justice R.A. Ritchie, DCL, LLD, 1974-1988
G. Hamilton Southam, OC, BA, LLD, DCL, DU, 1988-1996
Hon. J. Trevor Eyton, OC, QC, BA, LLB, LLD, 1996-2001
Hon. Michael A. Meighen, QC, 2001-2013
Hon. Kevin Lynch, PC, OC, 2013-2018

Past Presidents & Vice-Chancellors

Rev. Dr. William Cochran, 1789-1804
Rev. Thomas Cox, 1804-1805
Rev. Dr. Charles Porter, 1805-1836
Rev. Dr. George McCawley, 1836-1875
Rev. Dr. John Dart, 1875-1885
Rev. Dr. Isaac Brock, 1885-1889
Rev. Dr. Charles E. Willetts, 1889-1904
Dr. Ian Hannah, 1904-1906
Rev. Dr. C.J. Boulden, 1906-1909
Rev. Dr. T.W. Powell, 1909-1914
Rev. Dr. Charles E. Willets (Acting), 1914-1916
Rev. Dr. T.S. Boyle, 1916-1924
Rev. Dr. A.H. Moore, 1924-1937
Rev. Dr. A. Stanley Walker, 1937-1953
Rev. Dr. H.L. Puxley, 1954-1963
Dr. H.D. Smith, 1963-1969
Dr. F. Hilton Page (Acting), 1969-1970
Dr. J. Graham Morgan, 1970-1977
Dr. John F. Godfrey, 1977-1987
Dr. Marion G. Fry, 1987-1993
Dr. Colin Starnes, 1993-2003
Dr. William Barker, 2003 -2011
Dr. Anne Leavitt, 2011-2012
Dr. George Cooper, 2012-2016