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Friday, October 7, 2005; 9:54 AM

1891 Bishop Hurst is elected chancellor.

1902 Bishop Charles Cardwell McCabe becomes AU's second chancellor.

1907 Franklin E. Hamilton becomes AU's third chancellor.

1916 Bishop John W. Hamilton, Franklin Hamilton's brother, becomes AU's fourth chancellor.

1922 Lucius C. Clark becomes AU's fifth chancellor.

1933 Joseph M.M. Gray becomes sixth chancellor.

1941 Paul Douglass becomes AU's seventh leader; title changes from chancellor to president.

1952 Hurst Robins Anderson becomes AU's eighth president.

1968 George H. Williams becomes AU's ninth president.

1976 Joseph Sisco becomes AU's 10th president.

1980 Richard E. Berendzen becomes AU's 11th president.

1991 Joseph Duffey becomes 12th president.

1994 Benjamin Ladner becomes 13th president.

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