William Pratt Graham

William Pratt Graham
Chancellor of Syracuse University
In office 1937–1942
Preceded by	Charles Wesley Flint
Succeeded by	William Pearson Tolley
Personal details
Born	1871
Died	1962 (aged 90–91)
Spouse(s)	Cora M. Dodson (m. 1889)[1]
Alma mater	Syracuse University

William Pratt Graham (1871–1962) was the sixth chancellor of Syracuse University and the first alumnus of Syracuse as well as the first non-clergyman to hold that position.^[2][3]

Biography

Graham was born to Civil War veteran Jerome Bonaparte Graham and Sylvia Aurelia Graham in 1871.^[1] Graham entered Syracuse University as an undergraduate in 1889 and graduated in 1893 before pursuing postgraduate work, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1897.^[1] He joined the faculty of Syracuse as an electrical engineering professor the following year, becoming dean of the College of Applied Science in 1912.^[4][2][1] Graham served as the vice-chancellor to Charles Wesley Flint before succeeding him as chancellor, a position Graham intended to hold only until a successor was found.^[2][5][3]

References

1. Fitch, Charles Elliott (1916). Encyclopedia of Biography of New York 5. New York: American Historical Society, Incorporated. p. 109.
2. Greene, John Robert (2000). The Hill: An Illustrated Biography of Syracuse University, 1870-present. Syracuse University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0815606482.
3. Greene, John Robert (1996). Syracuse University, Vol. 4: The Tolley years, 1942-1969. Syracuse University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0815627012.
4. "Syracuse University History: Chancellors of Syracuse University". Syracuse University Archives. Syracuse University. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
5. Phillips, Richard (2005). Hendricks Chapel: Seventy-five Years of Service to Syracuse University. Syracuse University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0815608271.