Past Chancellors

The following individuals have led the University of California, Berkeley since its founding:

Chancellors

Nicholas B. Dirks

2013-2017

Robert J. Birgeneau

2004 - 2013

Robert M. Berdahl

1997 - 2004

Chang-Lin Tien

1990 - 1997

Ira Michael Heyman

1980-1990

Albert H. Bowker

1971-1980

Roger Heyns

1965-1971

Martin E. Meyerson

1965 (acting)

Edward W. Strong

1961-1965

Glenn T. Seaborg

1958-1961

Clark Kerr

1952-1958

Presidents

Robert Gordon Sproul

1930-1958

William Wallace Campbell

1923-1930

David Prescott Barrows

1919-1923

Benjamin Ide Wheeler

1899-1919

Martin Kellogg

1890-1899

Horace Davis

1880-1890

Edward Singleton Holden

1885-1888

William Thomas Reid

1881-1885

Daniel Coit Gilman

1872-1875

Henry Durant

1870-1872

John LeConte

1876-1881