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SIU leadership timeline traces chancellors to president Poshard
Caleb Hale recounts years of SIU governance from 1977 appointment of Kenneth Shaw as chancellor through 2000s with shifts in title from chancellor to president and back. The piece notes key figures including John S. Jackson, Albert Sommit, Lawrence Pettit, Jo Ann Argersinger, Ted Sanders, James Walker, Walter Wendler, and Glenn Poshard, and highlights centralization debates and Vision 20/20 plans shaping campus policy and growth.
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Brown
Kenneth Shaw
Shaw
John S. Jackson
SIUC
Jackson
Lawrence Pettit
SIU
University of South Texas
Pettit
Sanders
Jo Ann Argersinger
Argersinger
Carbondale
John Brewster
Molly D’esposito
Middle Tennessee State University
James E. Walker
Walker
Edwardsville
Walter Wendler
Wendler