About WUSTL > History > First 13 Chancellors
The Chancellors of
Washington University in St. Louis
During the celebration of Washington University's Sesquicentennial in 2003–2004, the 14th chancellor, Mark S. Wrighton, converted Brookings 300 — originally built as the University chapel — into the "Chancellors Room." Hanging in the room are portraits of the first 13 men to hold the title of chancellor.
- Message from Chancellor Mark Wrighton
- First Chancellor: Joseph Gibson Hoyt
- Second Chancellor: William Chauvenet
- Third Chancellor: William Greenleaf Eliot, Jr.
- Fourth Chancellor: Winfield Scott Chaplin
- Fifth Chancellor: David F. Houston
- Sixth Chancellor: Frederic Aldin Hall
- Seventh Chancellor: Herbert S. Hadley
- Eighth Chancellor: George R. Throop
- Ninth Chancellor: Arthur Holly Compton
- Tenth Chancellor: Ethan A.H. Shepley
- Eleventh Chancellor: Carl Tolman
- Twelfth Chancellor: Thomas H. Eliot
- Thirteenth Chancellor: William H. Danforth
